Sacagawea

  • Jean- Baptiste Charbonneau

    Sacagawea gave birth to her son, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau during the trip that covered more than 4500 miles.
  • Birth to son

    Sacajawea gave birth to a baby boy only a few months before the expedition group was set to leave Fort Mandan.
  • Storm

    A storm made all of Sacagawea's valuable belongings fall off board but she saved them.
  • Joining Expedition

    Sacajawea and her husband joined the expedition as it left Fort Mandan. The group took small boats, called pirogues, up the Missouri River.
  • Sacagawea became ill

    While on the expedition, Sacagawea got an infection which caused her to have a very high fever. Clark helped save her life by giving her different kinds of medicine.
  • Cameahwait

    When the expedition team met up with a Shoshone Tribe to negotiate for horses to cross mountains, Sacagawea discovered that the Chief, Cameahwait was her brother.
  • Beaverhead Rock

    Sacagawea recognized a familiar rock on the expedition, that was where the home of her Shoshone Tribe was marked and got asked for help by the Expedition
  • Winter Camp

    Sacajawea suggested that the group cross to the south side of the Columbia River and that is where they set up their winter camp.
  • Moving to St. Louis

    William Clark invited Sacagawea to move to St.Louis. There she raised her daughter while William Clark enrolled her son in the St. Louis Academy.
  • U.S. Mint Coin

    A coin was issued in honor of Sacagawea by the U.S. Mint.