SACAGAWEA

Sacagawea was born around 1788 in the Rocky Mountains. She was from a Native American tribe named The Shoshone, who lived in Tepees. They gathered food as the seasons went by. They made beautiful baskets, bowls, hats, and traps out of branches.

The Shoshone were peaceful but were surrounded by enemies. When Sacagawea was 10, she was taken captive by the Hidatsa tribe, an enemy. A few years later, the tribe sold her to Toussaint Charbonneau, a white trapper and trader. He bought her to be his second wife.

In 1804, Captain's Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, solders, boatmen, and frontiersmen were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean. After Sacagawea was sold, the explorers arrived where she lived.

They stirred a lot of attention. However, most of the attention went to York, Clark’s slave.

The people made a fort with eight log cabins inside. Sacagawea and Charbonneau went to meet Lewis and Clark. Sacagawea and Charbonneau went with Lewis and Clark. Sacagawea had a baby boy in 1805 named Jean Baptiste.

The Shoshone gave them horses and guidance. It was late in the year when they found the Pacific Ocean and built Fort Clatsop. On March 23, 1806 they went home.

In August they left Sacagawea, her husband, and baby. In September the explorers reached St .Louis.