The Many Accomplishments of Sacajawea

Identifications: Owl Woman is the daughter of White Thunder; a spiritual leader of the Cheyenne tribe (Abbott, Leonard, Noel, 2013, pp. 30). She married William Bent in 1835 and together they raised four children of their own. Owl Woman was an essential piece of history as she helped William run Bent’s Fort. Bent’s

On May 14, 1805, Sacagawea especially impressed her fellow explorers when strong winds nearly capsized the boat she was riding in. She helped to hold down the boat and recovered many important papers and supplies, that would otherwise have been lost. Her calm effectiveness was also noticed compared to her panicking husband who could not swim. Lewis, who was never as fond of Sacagawea as Clark was, was extremely grateful for her help (Women in World History 32).

Lastly, Sacagawea. She was a brave young woman who showed Lewis and Clark what to eat and not to eat. She taught them what berries, nuts, and plants that were good and edible. She also helped them find a water route to the Pacific Ocean. Sacagawea is a smart and responsible woman she took care of her baby while she was on the expedition with us. Sacagawea Showed us more landmarks and she also helped the United States get more land so we could have a bigger nation. I’, so glad that i went on this expedition because we found many new things like animals and plants but most of all I liked meeting the Indian

Throughout the course of American history, there are many men who have helped shape the United States. However, there are very few women who have also helped shape the United States. Sacagawea was one of those women. When President Thomas Jefferson tasked Lewis and Clark to lead an expedition into the west, it was Sacagawea that contributed the most to their mission. Without her contributions, expansion throughout America would have been much more difficult. Sacagawea provided invaluable help to Lewis and Clark’s expedition by using her knowledge of the land and local tribes to guide them through safer routes, find food, and help them communicate with other Native Americans.

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 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.

She was not a pretty woman, she had small pox when she was younger, so her face had many marks. She had red hair and was considered feisty and hot headed. She herself said she did not enjoy looking at herself in the mirror. She was uneducated and ignorant. Local indians referred to her as “ Wahatche” or “ war woman”.

Wilma Mankiller was the first female elected Deputy Chief and later became the first female in modern history to lead a major Native American tribe by becoming the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1987. With an enrolled population of over 140,000 members and an annual budget of more than $75 million, her accomplishment is equal to that of a chief executive office of a major corporation (Yannuzzie).

This act of recognition is not to be confused with being an actual guide for the Corps of Discovery. When the men heard about Sacagawea recognizing the rock it boosted their spirits after an definitive choice. Although Sacagawea did misinterpret or misunderstand when Clark asked her how to say “Friends” in Shoshone, instead she told him the word for stranger which is “tab-bab-bone”.The Native American turned around and was out of sight, This would be the last Native American they would see for a bit. Clark believed that it was possible they would never get the horses because of this interaction. Once Lewis and Clark did find the Shoshones Sacagawea proved her worth even more. She, along with two other people, interpreted the Shoshone language into Hidatsa language which then would be translated by her husband into French and then into english by a member of the expedition team,

An important factor in shaping Jeannette was being born in Missoula, Montana. It is important to this report to understand the community where Jeannette grew up. It was a factor in the formation of her worldviews. John and Olive settled in a beautiful area of the Missoula valley called Grant Creek. Even to today, Grant Creek is a lush, tranquil setting that has a quiet sense of Jeannette 's world 130 years ago. Again, Lewis and Clark had visited the Missoula valley only 75 years before Jeannette was born. It was a vibrant, diverse community. John Rankin was amongst its first settlers and treated the local Native Americans as he would any other neighbor.

Jemison was given to two squaws as a replacement for a brother who was lost in war. After a ritual of mourning, the female Indians dressed Jemison in native clothing, renamed her “Deh-he-wä-mis” which meant “pretty girl” and accepted her as one of their own. She learned their way of life

Safe in the hands of their least capable co- workers, the craft traveled all the long way down the Missouri River.

Have you ever wondered what the Corps of Discovery expedition was like? I set out to discover the true story from Sacagawea herself. I found out that during the expedition, Sacagawea an invaluable linguist which was an imperative for trading, she even saved the supplies and maps, she reunited with her brother, and did all this while caring for her infant, Jean Baptiste, who was just 2 months old when they left.

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.

In 1836, a 9-year-old pioneer girl named Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped during a Comanche raid in North Texas Parker became a ward of the chief and later, a full member of the Comanches.She eventually married a highly respected Comanche chief and gave birth to three children, including Quanah - who would grow up to become the last and greatest Comanche leader.Gwynne traces the rise and fall of the Comanche Nation against the backdrop of the fight for control of the American Midwest.Gwynne tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that he became interested in telling the Comanche story because of their integral role in preventing - and then