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Sacagawea (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə / SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or / s ə ˌ k ɒ ɡ ə ˈ w eɪ ə / sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812, or April 9, 1884) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Sacagawea (Sacajawea), Shoshone Indian woman who, as interpreter, traveled thousands of miles with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06), from the Mandan-Hidatsa villages in the Dakotas to the Pacific Northwest. Read here to learn more about Sacagawea.
Apr 5, 2010 · Sacagawea was a Shoshone Indian woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-06, exploring the lands procured in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
The Native American woman who showed Lewis and Clark the way. By Johnna Rizzo. Sacagawea was not afraid. Although she was only 16 years old and the only female in an exploration group of more...
Sacagawea was born circa 1788 in what is now the state of Idaho. When she was approximately 12 years old, Sacagawea was captured by an enemy tribe, the Hidatsa, and taken from her Lemhi Shoshone people to the Hidatsa villages near present-day Bismarck, North Dakota.
May 2, 2024 · In the fall of 1804, Sacagawea was around seventeen years old, the pregnant second wife of French Canadian trader Toussaint Charbonneau, and living in Metaharta, the middle Hidatsa village on the Knife River of western North Dakota.
Sacagawea (Sacajawea), Shoshone Indian woman who, as interpreter, traveled thousands of miles with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06), from the Mandan-Hidatsa villages in the Dakotas to the Pacific Northwest.
Dec 5, 2023 · Sacagawea is one of the most recognizable names in American history. But who was she? Sacagawea spoke both Shoshone and Hidatsa. We know that she grew up with Shoshone people near what is now the Montana/Idaho border, and that, at the age of twelve, she was captured by Hidatsa people.
Sep 30, 2022 · Sacagawea. Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. Sacagawea statue in Portland, OR. Photo by Charles Dawley. Quick Facts. Significance: Only woman in the Corps of Discovery. Place of Birth: Lemhi County, ID. Date of Birth: c. 1788. Place of Death: Fort Manuel Lisa, ND. Date of Death: c. 1812.
Sacagawea. Title Guide. Date of Birth - Death May 1788 – December 20, 1812. In the late fall of 1804, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived near present-day Washburn, North Dakota to set up a camp to endure the harsh winter.
