The Journey Of Sacajawea's Life

Deborah was raised in poverty. Her father got lost at sea and her mom had poor health so she sent her and her siblings to relatives. She was the oldest of three sisters and three brothers. When she was old enough she taught summer school and she weaved in the winter, she was highly skilled at weaving. She lived with the people she worked for.

The three hundred mile journey to Montreal has begun. As this moment, “The Williamses know they are destined ‘for a march . . . into a strange land,’ as prisoners” (Demos 19). Things began to get rough as the trail elongated. Out of all the captives, only ninety two captives survived the actual march to Canada. Many of the captives were killed along the journey. Many were women including John Williams’ wife. Before the captives reached Canada, the group split into smaller groups. They all ended up going in separate destinations. As days and months eventually went by, the Williams children along with many other remaining captives were eventually dispersed amongst the numerous participating Indians tribes.

Hawa is the main character in this book. Though she is not the author of the story, the story is told from her perspective. Hawa was born in the 1950’s to her family in Ghana. Her stories were tape-recorded in the 1970’s. At the age of three, Hawa’s mother died, and Hawa was then passed from family member to family member to care for her. Hawa had a very distinct personality—she was very stubborn and tended to get herself trouble. When asked not to do something, she would turn around and do that very thing. Because of this, she never managed to stay with one relative for very long. At one point, she lived with her aunt who forced her to do all the work. Hawa was forced to carry heavy items to the market while her cousin taunted her. This obviously frustrated Hawa, and it resulted in her returning to live with her father. At the age of 16, Hawa was forced to

This became one of the boldest acts of defiance during this time. Yet, she didn't stop there. There is much more to her journey. This book illustrates her life like none other from the beginning to the end.

Sacagawea was one of the two native Americans that went on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Sacagawea was 16 when she went on the expedition. She was only 20 when she died so she didn’t live that long. Imagine how early that would be today! Sacagawea has many nicknames such as Jamie and Julia. Sacagawea was kidnapped at age twelve by the Hidatsa Indians along with some other women, she must have been very scared. On the trip she had a son named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau when she was 16, he was born on February 11 in 1805. Lewis helped with the delivery of Jean. One way that this affected the trip is it shows that the travelers came in peace. Jean was like a big sign that said: We don’t want to fight! Sacagawea’s husband is Toussaint Charbonneau.

Sacagawea had a very different and difficult early life. The Shoshones were always getting attacked by the Hidatsa and Minnetarees Indians. Most of the time, the Shoshones had all their belongings destroyed and their members killed or kidnapped. She experienced

She stood up to her family and gave them a strong person they could believe and rely on; she organized her family back into their normal actions. Her father then started to rally the Tutsi people who gathered for his guidance to fight against the people who attacked them, whether it is the government or the Interahamwe, which was a Hutu militia.

She was beaten, shackled and “was wet with the dew of all the men who had covered her before” him(4). He quickly recognizes her because his mother is also an Ila woman. He takes care of her — washing her disarrayed body, starting a fire for warmth and protection, and hunting for food. He also believed in fasting for ten consecutive days as a way of a spiritual cure those who are suffering, “in this way the spirit of the dead one grows weak, finally it lets go and journeys to the land of the soul” (5). He grew weak, yet still taking care of her. They began to love one another, and did not want to be apart. Taking her first steps, she ventured to short travels, but was not ready for a lonesome journey. With each trial, the journey becomes a little farther. Twelve days later, she was gone. He holds himself back from calling her name aloud to take her back forever. He continues on with his journey to the village, hunting for food as he returns to the village not

Sacagawea was born in 1788 in Lemhi County, Idaho and was part of the Shoshone tribe for which her father was the chief. Her childhood was ruined when her tribe was attacked by the Hidatsa tribe when she was 11 years old. She was captured as a slave and taken to what is not North Dakota. She spent a miserable few years with the hostile tribe before being sold to a French-Canadian trapper and fur trader named Toussaint Charbonneau. They lived among the Hidatsa and Mandan Indians in North Dakota. She was still a young teenager when he forced her to marry him and she became his second wife. One day, the Corps of Discovery were traveling through the Hidasta-Mandan village when they experienced inclement weather.

Sacagawea, with her infant son, became the only woman in the small band of about 40 or so men. As they approached more and more west, many Natives had never seen white men before and were ready to protect their land. Lewis was sure the presence of a young woman and a baby would be an obvious sign their purpose was peaceful (Armstrong 65). Over the course of the journey, Sacagawea identifyed many edible berries and roots, which were used as medicine as well. Also, she mented clothes and nursed the sick and injured (Moulton 7).

On May of 1788 Sacagawea was born in a tepee near present day Salmon, Idaho. Sacagawea was part of the Lemhi Shoshone Tribe which made her a Shoshone Indian .She was in a very important family in that tribe. Her father was the chief of the tribe and had four children. Sacagawea was one of 4 children. She had an older brother named Cameahwait, an older sister

February 10, 1675 was a sorrowful day for Mary Rowlandson’s hometown (Lancaster). Indians came and destroyed their town showing no remorse. Many were killed and wounded. Some were taken captive. Among those captive is a women named Mary Rowlandson. Throughout her captivity she kept a journal of all her removals and interactions she had with the Indians.

At fourteen, during her wedding her lover's mistress killed him with a poisoned drink. She went with her mother to their estate in Gaeta. On the way pirates boarded the ship and raped the women and sailed to Morocco to sell them as slaves. There was a war going on in Morocco and the pirates were attacked, the old woman saw her mother and maids of honor ripped apart by men. She somehow survived, fell asleep under a tree and woke up to an Italian man trying to rape her. She met a country man who had once served at her mother's palace he promised to take her back to Italy but took her to Algiers and sold her to the prince. She was then sold several times and ended up owned by a Muslim military commander. He brought her to Algiers to defend the city of Azov against the Russians. Only the commander's fort was left standing and eunuchs wanted to kill and eat her. A religious leader convinced them to only cut one of her buttocks for food. She was taken to Moscow and a nobleman took her as his slave and beat her daily for two years. She managed to escape when he was executed and she worked as a servant in inns around Russia.

“She was an inmate. She is from Ethiopia. She is a Muslim but she had to keep [the Bible] for me,” Ibraheem told the Post. “Sometimes, she had to help me out with Martin, my son, because if I wanted to go and use the bathroom, I can't leave him alone. Sometimes I would have to pay for someone to come watch

In the story, Pauline is a black slave who is moved from working in the field for Bonbon to become his maid at home. Although Pauline does not like Bonbon, yet she agrees to work in his house. Furthermore, she accepts his affair with her, and they end up with having twin sons. Bonbon does not agree to have his illegitimate twin son under his name. They call them by the mother’s family name. Even though, Pauline accepts the relation with Bonbon for long time without having feeling toward him, yet she ends up loving him after long period.