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Sacagawea was born in Lemhi County, Idaho around sometime in 1788. There is no exact date of her birth. The spelling of her name is sometimes 'Sacajawea' or even 'Sakakawea'.
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Sacagawea was captured and sold to a trapper and the married him. His name was Toussaint Charbonneau. She was only 12 years old when she was captured and around 14 when she was married. He was 21 years older than her at the time. There is no exact date of the marriage but it was around 1800. Within a year of their marriage their son was born.
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Sacagawea joined Lewis and Clark on their journey. They originaly wanted her husband but she spoke a language they needed to be interperated. Her husband also joined them. They needed to know the language wso they could get horses from a local tribe.
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Sacagawea gave birth to her son while she was helping Lewis and Clark with their expedtition. She nicknamed him 'Pompy'.
54 days after he was born, he was strapped to her back and came along on their journey. She thought she was going to have a baby girl and found out it was a boy the day of his birth. -
They were on the expedition and Sacagawea began jumping with joy and started to suck her finger which meant they were her people.
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Sacagawea reaches and nearly grabs everything while their ship is sinking.
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She finally meets her brother after 5 years of not seeing him. It was a emotional reunion.
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The expedition ended.
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The journey was very hard but was well worth it.
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She was believed to have died shortly after the birth of her second child.
