Sacagawea

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Early Life
Sacagawea was born in Agaidiku in the tribe of Lemhi Shoshone between Kenney creek and Agency creek. In 1800, when she was about twelve, her and some other girls were kidnapped by a group of Hidatsa in a battle. She was taken to a Hidatsa village near the present-day Washburn, North Dakota. At only age thirteen, Sacagawea was taken as Toussaint Charbonnau's wife. Toussaint was a French trapper living in the village. He won Sacagawea by gambling.

Sacagawea meets Lewis and Clark
Sacagawea was pregnant when the corps of discovery arrived near the Hidatsa villages. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark built Fort Mandan and interveiwed many trappers who might be able to translate or guide the expedition. They agreed to hire Charbonnau as a interpreter until they discovered his wife spoke a shoshone language. They took Charbonnau and Sacagawea in a fort two weeks later.

Sacagawea and the Corps of Discovery
In April, the expedition left and headed off to the Missouri River. On May 14, 1805, Sacagawea rescued items that had fallen out of a capsized boat, including the journals, and records of Lewis and Clark. They honored Sacagawea for this and named a river after her, the Sacagawea River on May 20. By August 1805 the corps had located a shoshrone tribe and traded for horses to get across the Rocky Mountains. Sacagawea was brought to translate and found out the tribes cheif was her brother, Cameahwait. Lewis recorded all of this in his journal.



Later life and death
Sacagawea later on gave birth to a baby girl sometime after 1810. She named her daughter Lizette. Later on Sacagawea died in 1812 of an unknown sickness.A fewmonths later,15 men were killed by an indian attack on fort Lisa. John Luttig and Lizette were one of the few survivors. Toussaint Charbonneau was thought to be dead, but actually lived to be eighty. An adoption was made for Charbonneau, a ten year old boy, and Lizette, a one year old girl, made by William Clark.

An 1884 Death?
A man named Charles Eastman found Sacagawea remains in 1925. He went to many native tribes. He met Sacagaweas grandmother when he was searching, her name was Porivo. Charels met many intresting people who new sacagawea and how great of a woman she was. He found out about who Sacagaweas mother was, and all of her children. Sacagaweas mothers name was Bazil. Charles also found out that sacagawea had carried a "peace medal." Sacagawea is still remembered today and always will be remembered asa great, brave, and confident woman.

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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sacagawea.htm http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=sacagawea&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9468731