Born around 1788 as a member of the Lemhi band of the Native American Shoshone tribe,
Sacagawea became the property of French-Canadian fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau who married her.
President Thomas Jefferson had made the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803—828,000 square miles of almost completely unexplored territory.
Within this vast wilderness he hoped would lie the rumored Northwest Passage (a waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans). That never existed.
She could identify roots, plants and berries that were either edible or medicinal. And by being with these men (Lewis and Clark) she was able to help them buy horses and understand the tribes they can across.
She died at 25, on December 22, 1812 probably of typhoid fever.
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The name of the famous Shoshone guide to Lewis and Clark is written as either Sacagawea or Sacajawea.
Sacajawea discovered Louis and Clark and they stayed with them till they could get back to the USA to there homes.
No, Sacajewea is a famous Shoshone Native American who traveled with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
yes Sacajawea does have family
Well, I know how Sacajawea became famous. It's because she led Lewis and Clark on their expedition. Sorry if that wasn't what you wanted to know.
Chief Washakie was a famous Shoshone chief who helped establish the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The Wind River Reservation is the only reservation in the US where the land was chosen by the tribe which lives there. Another famous Shoshone Tribal member from Wyoming is Sacajawea, also Sakakawea or Sacagawea. Sacajawea was the Lemhi Shoshone woman who traveled with the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Sacajawea is on the one dollar coin