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Sacagawea ( / ˌsækədʒəˈwiːə / SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or / səˌkɒɡəˈweɪə / sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; [1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) [2] [3] [4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the ...
While Charbonneau could speak French and some Hidatsa, Lewis and Clark were more enthusiastic about having two Shoshone women join them. With Charbonneau, Sacagawea, and Otter Woman's skills combined, the expedition gained the ability to speak Hidatsa and Shoshone. They hired Charbonneau on November 4, and his wives moved into Fort Mandan with ...
List of statues of Sacagawea. Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste by Alice Cooper is located in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. Sixteen statues of Sacagawea have been identified. [1] Wanda Pillow claims that "Sacajawea has more statues honoring her than any other U.S. woman, and her sentimentalized image is captured on postcards, stamps, coins ...
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866), sometimes known in childhood as Pompey or Little Pomp, was a Lemhi Shoshone -French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, alcalde (mayor) of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and a gold digger and hotel operator in Northern ...
In the case of this Sacagawea Dollar, one side is stamped with George Washington’s head and the design for a quarter, while the other side features the back of a Sacagawea Dollar with a soaring ...
Statue of Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition Sacagawea, sometimes spelled Sakajawea or Sakagawea ( c. 1788 – December 20, 1812), was a Shoshone Native American woman who arrived with her husband and owner Toussaint Charbonneau on the expedition to the Pacific Ocean.
Otter Woman (born 1786–1788, died before 1814) was a Shoshone woman who was the wife of Smoked Lodge. Otter Woman was likely kidnapped by the Hidatsa and purchased by Toussaint Charbonneau, who is best known as the husband of Sacagawea. At the time of Sacagawea's abduction and sale to Charbonneau, Otter Woman was already living with ...
Marie Aioe Dorion. "Madame" Marie Aioe Dorion Venier Toupin (ca. 1786 – September 5, 1850) was the only female member of an overland expedition sent by Pacific Fur Company to the Pacific Northwest in 1810. Like her first husband, Pierre Dorion Jr., she was Métis. Her mother was of the Iowa people and her father was French Canadian. [1]