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Sacagawea met Lewis and Clark when the expedition wintered at the present site of Bismarck, North Dakota, in 1804. Her husband Toussaint Charbonneau was interviewed to interpret Hidatsa for the Lewis and Clark expedition, but Lewis and Clark (esp. Clark) were not overly impressed with him. However, Sacagawea his wife spoke Shoshone and Hidatsa, so they hired Charbonneau on November 4, and he and Sacagawea moved into Fort Mandan a week later. From there she continued on with the expedition until they reached the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon on November 7 1805.

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