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Lewis and Clark Expediton
Meriwether
Lewis
William
Clark
Sacajawea
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Sacajawea (or Sacagawea)
- born 1784
in Lemhi Valley
- grew up
at Shoshone tribe
- kidnapped
when child and sold to Mandans
- traded
to Touissant Charbonneau
- only woman
and interpreter for Lewis and Clark expedition she and Charbonneau left
expedition when reaching Mandan villages on the way back
- death
either December 20, 1812 at Fort Summer (one of Charbonneaus two wives
died)
- or April
9, 1884 on Shoshone Reservat in Wyomings River Valley (data about a
woman called Sacagawea, who spoke fluent French and had knowledge about
the expedition)
Sources:
www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Sacajawea.html
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