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Sacagawea was born in 1788 into the Shoshone tribe. She was born in the state of Idaho.
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When the Hidatsas tribe came across the Shoshone tribe, they captured Sacagawea and a few other women. Then the tribe sold Sacagawea to French Canadian fur-trader, Toussaint Charbonneau, that made her become one of his wives.
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President Jefferson ordered Lewis and Clark to explore the land in the Northwest. The expedition was under command of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Their goal was to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean and map the unknown territory. http://www.sacagawea-biography.org/lewis-and-clark-expedition/
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Toussaint Charbonneau met Lewis and Clark who hired him as their Hidatsa interpreter. Sacagawea joined her husband because she spoke the Shoshone language. She would help them on their journey.
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They got stuck in a wind storm. The wind was so powerful that it almost knocked over one of their boats. They lost some of their supplies , including medicine and gun powder.
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When they arrived on Shoshone lands, Sacagawea recognized a few people. She recognized her brother, Chief Cameahwait, and another woman that was a prisoner the same time she was. She had to translate a few languages at this stop.
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The expedition finally reached the Pacific Ocean. They settled at Fort Clatsop in Astoria, Oregon. They met their goal of their journey.
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After seeing the Pacific Ocean, thr expedition encounters winter. When winter is over, they pack up their supplies and started their journey back. Also, Baby Pomp gets sick and is treated by Clark.
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Sacagawe and Charbonneau arrived home in a village on the upper Missouri River. Charbonneau recieved $533.33 and 320 acres of land for helping them on their trip. Sacagawe recieved nothing.
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Charbonneau sold his land to Clark. Also, him and Sacagawea moved to Fort Lisa. They left their son, Jean Babtiste, with Clark who enrolled him in a boarding school to have a better education.
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A wife of Charbonneau, most likely Sacagawea, died in South Dakota. She died from putrid fever or typhus. About 72 years later, another woman who claimed to be Sacagawea died, but it wasn't clear if the woman was actually Sacagawea.
