Sacagawea: The Woman Sacagawea: The Woman of Peace of Peace

Pooja Dayal Pooja Dayal

Jordan WalkerJordan Walker

77thth period period

Introduction

Born on c. 1788 Lived with the Shoshone tribe Her life

She was kidnapped by a war party of the Hidatsa Indians when she was twelve years old

Assisted Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (also known as the Corps of Discovery)

Her name means “bird women” in Shoshone

Most of her life remains a mystery Died December 20, 1812

Family

Two Children Jean Baptiste

Charbonneau She had him at a very

young age of 16 He was born during

the expedition Youngest person on

the expedition Lizette Charbonneau

Husband Touissaint Charbonneau

Picture: Clark and Touissaint Charbonneau

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Goal Map as much territory of the Louisiana Purchase as

possible Search for the Northwest Passage Make contact with Native Americans Record discovery of new plants and animals

Lewis and Clark would not have had a successful journey without Sacagawea!

Picture: Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark’s trip (in red)

Lewis and Clark Expedition (Continued)

How they met Explorers made

winter camp at Fort Mandan in present day North Dakota near Sacagawea’s tribe

Lewis and Clark hired Sacagawea’s husband (Touissaint) and her as interpreters and guides.

Lewis and Clark Expedition (Continued)

Her contribution to the expedition She recognized geography

along the journey and explained it to Lewis and Clark

She acted as a guide, translator, and peace symbol

Her presence (a woman with an infant in her arms, along with a party of men) is a token of peace and stopped any Indians from fighting the explorers.

Result- the Corps of Discovery did not face any battles on their journey

Lewis and Clark Expedition (Continued)

Sacagawea saves history How?

When the explorers were traveling on boats, one boat tipped over.

Lewis and Clark lost all of their journals and many of their supplies.

Sacagawea dove into the water and saved all the journals and supplies.

Lewis and Clark Expedition (Continued)

Explorers noticed mountains

Realized they could no longer use boats and had to find horses

Corps is in desperate need for away to cross the mountains

August 17, 1805 The Corps approached a

Shoshone village Sacagawea was able to

communicate with them and trade for horses.

Without Sacagawea, the expedition would not have been able to continue.

Picture: Sacagawea guiding Lewis and Clark

Her Legacy

Sacagawea proved to be an surprising asset to the Corps of Discovery

Today, Sacagawea is on our dollar coin. This is the

government’s way of thanking her, and showing her importance to America.

Picture: Sacagawea on the United State’s dollar coin

Pictures

Statue of Sacagawea, Lewis, and Clark

Sacagawea’s Shoshone people

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau’s grave site.

Sources

http://images.google.com http://www.pbs.org http://history.net http://montanakids.com/history Call to Freedom History Book Mr. Huffman’s History Class!!!

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