Sacagawea Explorer of the American Frontier In order to understand how important Sacagawea was to the Lewis and Clark's mission to the Pacific, her history and the history of her people must be told. An explorer known as Captain Clarke wrote that in order to pronounce the Indian words correctly, every letter sound must be made. There has been much debate on the spelling of the young explorer's name, since the letters to not match the sound (ex. "Sacajawea" does not match "Sah-cah' gah-we-ah)
11 years of living Shoshone, she was captured by Minneatree’s. She lived there with them until she was 14 and then was purchased by 44 years old, Toussaint Charbonneau and forced to marry him. While she was about 8 months pregnant with their child, at the age of 16, the Lewis and Clark crew came into town to hire a trapper. A main reason that Charbonneau was hired is because his wife could speak Shoshone and that would be very helpful when they reached the Shoshone lands. “Sacagawea was dumbfounded
Shoshone Native Americans which is located in todays Idaho. When Sacagawea was twelve years old she and several other Shoshone girls were kidnapped in the midst of a battle between indian tribes. At the age of thirteen Sacagawea was sold to Toussaint Charbonneau, a Canadian trapper, where he took her as his new wife. By the age of sixteen, Sacagawea was already pregnant with her first child. Although Sacagawea had a rough start, she still went on to make history. Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark communicate
This is the life of Sacagawea Taylor Feenstra 7th English 912 words This girl at a very young age was kidnapped by the enemy of the Shoshone tribe, the Hidatsas Indians. She was then later sold to a French Canadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau. Lewis and Clark hired him as a guide on their expedition; Sacagawea came along as an interpreter for the Shoshone language. She interpreted for them when they ran into Indians. She led Americans first explorers into finding the Western region of
Throughout his speech, Mr. Phillips draws very effective but risky parallels that help him establish his admiration of Toussaint Louverture. At the very beginning of his speech, he states that Frenchmen and Americans have infinite admiration for Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington, respectively. He immediately afterwards begins talking in a similar fashion about Toussaint Louverture, which is very risky because the crowd was full of American citizens who generally view Washington as one of
The Miraculous Life of Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence is among the most distinguished and accomplished American artists of the twentieth-century. Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1917 and spent part of his childhood in Pennsylvania. He was not the only child; he had a sister named Geraldene and a brother named William. In 1930 his family split up and he moved to New York City's Harlem neighborhood, where as a teenager he attended classes taught by Charles Alston at the Harlem
There are many stories we learned about Sacagawea traveling with Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Sacagawea was friendly, noble, and helpful for navigation. Not only did she guide Lewis and Clark during the expedition, but she communicated with other native tribes. She was the main food gatherer because she knew what types of lands provided specific roots and berries to survive. Sacagawea is the reason Lewis and Clark traveled safely and healthy from Fort Mandan, to Fort Clatsop, and then
culture and she became known as a Hidatsa. She was a Shoshone by birth and a Hidatsa through culture. Three years later, through a trade, French-Canadian Toussaint Charbonneau bought her making Sacajawea become his ownership. At age 16, Sacajawea became one of two wives' of Charbonneau and later was the mother of her son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. She had a very difficult life growing up leading her to going on a famous expedition. ("Sacajawea"). Sacajawea ended up going on the great expedition exploring
Mountains. Later down the road she was sold as a slave to the Toussaint Charbonneau. Sacagawea was sold to a French Canadian fur trader. He claimed Sacagawea and another woman from the Shoshones, as he called them “wives.” In November 1804, the Corps of discovery arrived at the Hidatsa Mandan villages and soon built a fort nearby. In the American Fort Mandan on February 11, 1805, Sacagawea gave birth to her son Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, who would soon become America’s youngest explorer. Sacagawea
she didn’t desire or love. This man- Toussaint Charbonneau- does not love Sacagawea and abuses her on a daily basis. Charbonneau views Sacagawea as a business partner and the only thing he cares about is his son. The best athletes in the world today, have the same mental
Exploration of territory obtained by the United States Government with the Louisiana Purchase in the early 1800’s was of vital importance for settlement into the newly acquired land. The Louisiana Purchase includes eight hundred and twenty-five thousand square miles (Ambrose, 13). This purchase doubles the size of the United States stretching from west of the Mississippi (“Sacagawea - Native American History - HISTORY.com). Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who were considered to be two of the
Around 1800, a group of Shoshone Indians was leaving their home to go to the Rocky Moutains which is Idaho and Montana today. Along with the Indians was a 12 year old girl named Sacagawea. She is one of the most famous Indian women who has ever lived. Many young Native American women have heard of her and would like to make an impression as much as she has. Some people may not even know who she is but most Americans know exactly who she is. Sacagawea is a hero and will live forever in our minds
Cameahwait, chief of the Shoshone tribe. Sacagawea would then ask her brother for Horses, which with receiving the horses they would travel further north making it between Washington and Oregon to the Pacific ocean. After Lewis and Clark would give Charbonneau 320 acres of land in North Dakota and $500.33
The United States entered a period of territorial expansion in the 19th century. At that phase, large portions of the country’s land consisted of undisturbed forest. Maps only charted states along the east coast. Lack of western topographic information encouraged the government to increase its exploration funding. It sponsored the Lewis and Clark Expedition, arguably its most famous mission, to survey the harsh wilderness. The expedition met various Native American tribes along its journey. Naturally
To the Pacific and Back It was the year 1804 when the Corps of Discovery first set out to explore the western frontier of the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. President Thomas Jefferson had chosen Meriwether Lewis to lead the two expedition across the territory to find a north-west passage, a waterway that would allow them to transport goods north-west. Lewis had chosen Captain William Clark to join him and aid him in his expedition. Clark gladly accepted and the expedition, numbering 31, set
Tribe and taken to North Dakota. The Hidasta Indians also took several others along with her, and raided her Tribe from their stuff, killing a few people. A year after her arrival she was bought or gambled by a French-Canadian fur trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau, he made her his wife along with all his other “wives”. When she was 16, in 1804, she had gotten pregnant. By that time Lewis and Clark were setting up camp for the winter in Fort Mandan and had hired her husband as a translator. They later
The Lewis and Clark Expedition consisted mainly in the roles of four different people: Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea. It is important to know these people, for they each had a special impact in American History. From planning to contributing, they all helped with the success of the expedition. On April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was born. His father, Peter Jefferson, was very successful as a farmer and surveyor. His mother, Jane Randolph, came
known as Bird Woman, was born to a Shoshone chief in 1788, in Salmon, Idaho. At the age of twelve, she was captured and sold to the French Canadian fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau, and was made one of his many wives. Setting forth after the conformation of the purchased land, Lewis and Clark approached the hired interpreter, Charbonneau and his unknown Native American wife. They were to serve as guides for the party. Being only sixteen, her and her husband accompanied Lewis and Clark, graciously
The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first US expedition to cross the United States ashore to the Pacific coast. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809, convinced Congress to allocate $ 2,500 at the time. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark are the leaders of the expedition and will give their name to the expedition. Clark and thirty members left Camp Dubois in present-day Illinois on May 14, 1804 and met Lewis and ten other members of the group
of the US. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were one of the first Americans to precisely explore and map the western Territories. During their expeditions they were aided by a Shoshone woman named Sacagawea and her French-Canadian husband Toussaint Charbonneau, during which they served as translators. Their expedition helped path a way for thousands of settlers to move west. Jorge Donor was a settler who was emigrating to the west with a group of settlers (Known as the Donor Party) to settle there