notes+on+lewis+and+clark

- in 1800 when sacagawea was 12 years old she was kidnapped by a war party of hidatsa indians - she was taken from here rocky mountain homeland to the hidatsa village near moder bismarck -In November 1804, the Corps of Discovery arrived at the Hidatsa-Mandan villages and soon built a fort nearby. -In the American Fort Mandan on February 11, 1805, Sacagawea gave birth to her son Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, who would soon become America’s youngest explorer. -The Shoshones possessed horses that the expedition needed to cross the Bitterroot Mountains -While Sacagawea did not speak English, she spoke Shoshone and Hidatsa, Her husband Charbonneau spoke Hidatsa and French. -Sacagawea, with the infant Jean Baptiste, was the only woman to accompany the 33 members of the permanent party to the Pacific Ocean and back. -Baptiste, who Captain Clark affectionately named “Pomp” or “Pompy” for his “little dancing boy” frolicking, rode with Sacagwea in the boats and on her back when they traveled on horseback. - On May 14, 1805, the boat Sacagawea was riding in was hit by a high wind and nearly capsized. -On August 12, 1805, Captain Lewis and three men scouted 75 miles ahead of the expedition’s main party, crossing the Continental Divide at today’s Lemhi Pass. -While at Fort Clatsop, local Indians told the expedition of a whale that had been stranded on a beach some miles to the south. -Clark assembled a group of men to find the whale and possibly obtain some whale oil and blubber, which could be used to feed the Corps. -During the expedition’s return journey, as they passed through her homeland, Sacagawea proved a valuable guide. -When the trip was over, Sacagawea received nothing, but Charbonneau was given $500.33 and 320 acres of land. -Six years after the expedition, Sacagawea gave birth to a daughter, Lisette.