Who Was Sacagawea?

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Who Was Sacagawea?
.. The new golden ~ollar
honors the Native
American woman
Sacagawea (sahKAH-guh-WEE-uh)
who was a member
of the party that
explored the
American West with
Lewis and Clark nearly 200 years ago. She
did much to help make this important
exploration a success.
Background
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At the time of
the Lewis and
Clark
expedition, our
country was
made up of an
area east of
the Mississippi
River. There
were 17 states
and several
territories that
would later
become states.
In 1802, the French, who claimed the
Louisiana Territory, closed the port of New
Orleans to American shipping. Shipping
goods down the Mississippi and through
the port of New Orleans was important to
Americans.
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The Louisiana Purchase almost doubled
the size of our country.
Jefferson wanted to find out more about
the lands, plants and animals in the
Louisiana Territory and also more about the
area further west. He wanted the explorers
to establish peaceful relations with the
Native American tribes they met along the
way. In addition, he hoped to find a good
way to reach the Pacific Ocean. Two men
were selected to lead the expedition.
Meriwether Lewis was a
Virginian who had served as
Jefferson's private secretary.
William
Clark, also a
Virginian, had
been an Army
officer. Lewis had
served under him and asked
him to be his co-captain.
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President Thomas
Jefferson wanted to buy
the port of New
Orleans from the
French. The French
wanted to sell not only
New Or1eans but the
whole of the Louisiana
Territory for $15
million, or about
3 cents an acre.
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Lewis and Clark, with about 40 men, began
Sacagawea joined the party along the way
their journey near St. Louis, Mo., on May
as an interpreter to the many tribes they
14,1804. They passed through what is now were to meet. There are no pictures drawn
from life of her. This statue on the state
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South
and North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon
capitol grounds in Bismarck, N.D., is one of
and Washington. The 8,OOO-mile trip took
the most familiar. A copy of the statue will
more than 2 1/2 years. They~returned to
be put in the U.S. Capitol in Washington,
D.C., in 2003.
St. Louis on Sept. 23, 18Oj).
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The Baby on Sacagawea's Back
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was
one of this country's first western
explorers. Certainly he was the
youngest.
He was born in February of 1805,
soon after his mother, Sacagawea,
joined the Lewis and Clark
expedition. She was a working mom.
Most of the time, she carried him on
her back - more than 4,000 miles,
from the Hidatsa villages in presentday North Dakota to the Pacific
Ocean and back again.
William Clark called him "Pomp" or
"Pompy."
The golden dollar pictures Sacagawea's
After the expedition
Before Lewis and Clark returned to
St. Louis in 1806, Sacagawea and her
husband left the expedition in North
Dakota, where they had first joined it.
Clark offered to educate Pomp
when he was older. So when Pomp
was 41/2 years old, his parents took
him to St. Louis and turned him over
to Clark for his education. The couple
had planned to stay in the area to
become farmers, but they longed to
return to North Dakota.
Sacagawea died on their journey
back to North Dakota. She had given
birth to a daughter, Lizette. A fur
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mined for gold near Sacramento,
Calif He even worked as a hotel
clerk.
He traveled north to Oregon, where
he came down with pneumonia and
died at the age of 61 in 1866.
baby, Jean Baptiste, on her back. While
sometimes he rode in a boat, she carried
him most of the time.
trader took the baby to St. Louis, but
what happened to her is not known.
When Pomp was 18 years old, a
German prince asked him to visit him
in Germany. For six years, Pomp lived
with the royal family there.
Pomp's later life
He returned to Missouri and took
many different jobs. He worked as a
trapper. During the MexicanAmerican War, he served as a guide
for the Army.
Pomp served as the mayor of San
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Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste in
Bismarck, N.D. Many places in the West
are named for her.
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Sacagawea
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Words that remind us of Sacagawea are hidden in the block
below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if
you can find: WOMAN, LEWIS, CLARK, MISSISSIPPI, WIFE,
RIVER, JEFFERSON, INTERPRETER, SHOSHONE, TRIBE,
HIDATSA, POMPY, GUIDE, MOTHER, PILOT, HELP, SYMBOL
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An Awesome Ambassador
Meet Sacagawea
Early life
Sacagawea was a member of the
Lemhi Shoshone (Lem-high ShowSHOW-knee) tribe that lived in an
area that is now western Montana.
Shoshone
were mountain
people who
hunted the
buffalo in the
spring and
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hunters and gatherers, not farmers.
They moved from place to place. Life
was hard, and food often was scarce.
When she was about 11,
Sacagawea was captured by another
tribe, the Hidatsa (Hid-AD-zah). She
was carried more than 600 miles east
to what is now North
Dakota.
The Hidatsa were much
better off than the
Lemhi Shoshone.
They were successful
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Sacagawea learned the Hidatsa
language in addition to the Shoshone
language she already spoke.
When Lewis and Clark arrived at
the Hidatsa villages, Sacagawea, age
16, was married to a FrenchCanadian fur trader named Toussaint
Charbonneau (Shar-bone-OWE).
Lewis and Clark hired the couple as
intrepreters.
Sacagawea was pregnant and gave
birth to her son, Jean Baptiste, soon
after she joined the group.
The exploration
You might call Sacagawea our first
woman ambassador. On the trail, she
represented the Lewis and Clark
group as a symbol of peace. Without
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The Missouri River splits into three forks, or branches, in Montana. When Lewis and
Clark arrived at that point, they were near Sacagawea's homeland where she had lived
until the age of 11. She began to recognize landmarks and pointed them out to them.
The above is a painting called "Lewis and Clark at Three Forks" (courtesy the Montana
Historical Society).
her along, suspicious Indians might
have attacked this band of strange
white men. When they saw
Sacagawea and her baby, they knew
the group was peaceful.
She met peoples of different
backgrounds: French, Spanish,
English, and 58 Native American
tribes. She was a gre-at help finding .
plants to eat or use as medicines.
Lewis and Clark badly needed
horses from the Shoshone tribe to
cross the Rocky Mountains.
Sacagawea was needed to interpret
with her people, the Shoshone. When
they were meeting with the Lemhi
Shoshone leaders, Sacagawea
discovered that the chief was her
brother, whom she had not seen in
five years. The expedition got the
horses it needed.
Later years
After the expedition was over, we
know that Sacagawea and her
husband later bought farmland
outside St. Louis, Mo. But her
husband didn't like farmmg and
wanted to return to North Dakota.
He sold his land and traveled with
Sacagawea up the Missouri River
with a fur-trading party in 181l.
While staying at Fort Manuel, S.D.,
Sacagawea died at the age of 25 in
1812, soon after giving birth to a
daughter, Lizette.
The Mini Page thanks Bob Moore, historian,
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; and Amy
Mossett, director of tourism for the Three Affiliated
Tribes (Hidatsa, Mandan and Arikara).
Site to see: www.nps.gov. Go to
the Jefferson National Expansion
Memorial. Go to the Lewis and
Clark section for kids.
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Who Was Sacagawea?
Mini Page activities meet many slate and national educational standards. Each
week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page's content and offer
activities that will help yolr students reach them.
This week's standards:
• Students use biographies and stories to understand the individuals who are honored by
the nation. (Social Studies: history)
• Students describe the geographic context that has influenced people and events in the
past. (Geography)
Activities:
1. Write the name "Sacagawea" vertically down the side of a paper. Next to each letter of
Sacagawea's name, write a word that tells about her. For example, for US" the word
could be "smart" or "strong."
2. Find the map of the United States in the weather section of the newspaper or in an
atlas. Compare that map with the map showing the Louisiana Purchase in today's Mini
Page. Which of our states today were originally part of the Louisiana Purchase?
3. Find a newspaper story about a woman who is a strong leader. What qualities does she
share with Sacagawea? How is she like Sacagawea?
4. Look at the map that shows Lewis and Clark's trail in today's Mini Page. How long
would it take Lewis and Clark to make their 8,OOO-mile round trip today in an
automobile? Calculate the different times it would take if their speed averaged 50 mph,
60 mph and 70 mph.
5. Use reference books or the Internet to learn about the beginnings of your community.
What Native American tribes lived in your area? Who were the first people to explore
the geographic region in which you live? When was your community founded?
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