Sacagewea Research Paper

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Sacagewea Sacagewea was born around 1788 in Lenhi River Valley. Which in present day is near Shashone Idah. Sacagewea is an Shashone American Indian and spoke Shashone, Hidatsa, and English. Then when she was 12 years old she was kidnapped by a group of Hidatsa Indians. The group of Hidatsa indians were her tribes enemy. Then she was traded or gambled off by a French Candadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charlameaic . After that Sacagewea then became pregnant with her first child Jean Bapitiste and his nickname was Little Pomp at age 16 . Then in 1804 she was invited to the Lewis and Clark expedition to be the navigator and interpreter. Finally after two years she earned the respect of her crew for her bravery, courage and intelligence.

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