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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) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the ...
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.
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.
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 (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.
Sacagawea , Shoshone Indian guide who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06). Having been captured by Hidatsa Indians, she had been separated from her people for nearly 10 years when the expedition began.
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 is an extraordinary figure in the history of the American West. She was the only woman to participate in the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–6), an exploration of the West arranged by President Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826; served 1801–9; see entry in volume 1).
Mar 18, 2017 · Sacagawea was born to the Shoshones, about 1788. In 1800, at the age of 12, she was kidnapped by Hidatsa (or Minitari) Natives and taken from what is now Idaho to what is now North Dakota. Later, she was enslaved by the French Canadian trader Toussaint Charbonneau, along with another Shoshone woman.
