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Sacagawea

  • Sacagawea is born in the western Rocky Mountains. She is a Shoshone indian

    Sacagawea is born in the western Rocky Mountains. She is a Shoshone indian

    She is a Shoshone indian. Shoshone indians live in tipees.
  • Captured by the Hidasta tribe

    Captured by the Hidasta tribe

    The Hidasta tribe kills Sacagawea's mother and her friend escapes.
  • Married Toussaint Charbonneau

    Married Toussaint Charbonneau

    He was a French-Canadian fur trader.
  • Joined the Corps of Discovery

    Joined the Corps of Discovery

    She met Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
  • Sacagawea has her baby

    Sacagawea has her baby

    She names him Jean-Baptiste but Clark called him Pomp.
  • Gust of wind flipps boat and Sacagawea saves stuff

    Gust of wind flipps boat and Sacagawea saves stuff

    If Sacagawea hadn't saved the information, they wouldn't be able to do the expedition.
  • Met her brother, Cameahwait, and traded horses.

    Met her brother, Cameahwait, and traded horses.

    They traded horses to the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains.
  • They got to the Pacific Ocean

    They got to the Pacific Ocean

    Sacagawea called it "the great waters"
  • possible date of Sacagawea's death

    possible date of Sacagawea's death

    Died of putrid fever
  • possible date of Sacagawea's death

    possible date of Sacagawea's death

    Escaped Charbonneau and lived to be almost 100 years old