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Sacajawea was the daughter of a Shoshone chief. The Shoshones and the Hidatsa Indians are enemies. When she was about 12 Hidatsa Indians captured her.
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When the Hidatsa Indians capture Sacajawea, she was sold to a French-Canadian trapper. This man made Sacajawea marry him. Her husband's name was Toussaint Charbonneau.
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When Sacajawea is forced to marry Charbonneau, she becomes one of his wives. Sacajawea means "Birdwoman" in Hidatsa. Charbonneau has another wife who's name means "Otter Woman". So, when Sacajawea has to marry Charbonneau she becomes one of his two wives.
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Lewis and Clark were settling into Fort Mandan for the winter. Here they met Sacajawea and her husband. Her husband, Charbonneau really wanted the job to help them out on their expedition.
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark start a voyage to explore the western territories. They hired Charbonneau to be their interpreter on the trip. They also asked Sacajawea to join them on the expedition even though she was pregnant. William and Clark believe she would be able to help them out with her knowledge of the Shoshone language.
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Sacajawea gave birth to a baby named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Not only did she help William and Clark on the expedition but she did it with a child on her back! Having the baby helped greatly because a group of men traveling with a woman and a baby did not seem a threat to anyone, so they did not receive much trouble along the way.
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Along the expedition, they run into a group of Shoshone Indians. Little did she know, the leader of the tribe was her brother. Although she got to see her brother Cameahwait, she continued on the journey with Lewis and Clark.
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Sacajawea helped cast her vote as they decided where they would stay over the winter. They decided on what is now Astoria, Oregon to build Fort Clatsop. The members of the expedition all stayed there until Mrch of the following year.
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After the expedition, Sacajawea's husband traveled to St. Louis to pay a visit to William Clark. Her husband then left the child with Clark because of how fond he was of him. He even nick named him "Pomp".
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Sacajawea gave birth to her second child, Lisette. She dies shortly after giving birth to her daughter. William Clark is said to have taken care of both of her children.
