Sacagawea - Lewis and Clark - American Pioneers

The Story of Sacagawea

Heroine
Sacagawea, the most honored heroine and explorer in American history. She was born into the Shoshone Indian tribe, in 1788. The Rocky Mountains near where Salmon, Idaho is today ... Around the year 1800, Sacagawea was captured by enemy Indians, the Hidatsa', and taken east ...

Interpreters
Clark needed her to interpret for him. She could speak Hidatsa and Shoshone.

The Reunion
Upon reaching the Shoshone Indians, Sacagawea, through remarkable coincidence encountered her brother, who was now Chief of the Shoshone Tribe ...

Conflicting Accounts
Sacagawea' story will change depending upon the account you are reading, the part of the country you are in, and the heritage of the author who is writing the story ...

The Return
By the time they arrived in St. Louis Clark, had returned with his wife and was starting a family of his own ...

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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