(1788-1884)

• Sacajewea means “boat laucher”
• Also known as Sacagawea meaning “bird-woman”
• Known as the woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their exploration of Western United States
• Originally part of the Shoshone Indian Tribe
• Kidnapped at age 12 by the Hidasta Indians and sold to Lewis and Clark around age 21
• Slave and husband to Toussaint Charbonneau
• Son Jean-Baptiste and daughtetr Lisette
• Served as a interpreter of the Hidasta and Shoshone languages and guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition
• In 1805, she was reunited with her brother Chief Cameahwait but stayed on the Lewis and Clark expedition
• At the end of the journey, she was left with nothing, but her husband received $500.33 and 320 acres of land
• Died in 1884 at age 25 at Fort Manuel in present day South Dakota
• Eight months after her death Clark legally adopted her two children