Sacagawea
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Sacagawea was born in 1787 to a Shoshoni Indian tribe in what is now Idaho. When she was 13 years old she was captured by another Indian tribe called the Hidatsa. She was sold a few years later to a French trapper named Charbonneau. He made Sacagawea his wife and they lived near the Missouri River is what is now North Dakota. |
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During this time most Americans lived east of the Mississippi. The president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson asked explorers Lewis and Clark to travel the unknown northwest of the United States. They were to go all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark asked Sacagawea to be their guide on the trip. She took along her husband and her baby boy.
On the trip Sacagawea was important because she helped the Americans talk to the many Indian tribes they met. She also found wild food, sewed moccasins, gathered firewood, and cooked. She also saved valuable mapping tools when one the boats overturned in a storm. On the trip she had only one wish, to see the great waters (Pacific Ocean) and the giant fish (whale).
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