BY: THAYDN

A Biography of

Sacagawea

1789 or 1790-1812

BACKGROUND

Born in AmericaTaken captive by another tribe when she was 12Married Charbonneau when she was 16She had Pomp when 18 years oldShe had to survive when captured by another tribe

NOVEMBER 4, 1804

* Sacajawea and her

husband join the Lewis

and Clark Expedition.

*They joined because

Lewis and Clark asked

them to join them to help

them get to the Pacific

Ocean.

OCT. 17, 1805

Clark gives

Sacajawea beads for

her bravery.

Clark gave

Sacagawea the

beads for her

because she helped

the explorers

survive.

AUGUST 8, 1805

Sacajawea sees a

familiar rock and

begins leading the

expedition.

It started the trip

to the Pacific Ocean.

OCT. 16, 1805

A boat flips in the Columbia River.

Sacajawea saves important papers.

Sacagawea saved all that stuff

because it could help Sacagawea and

the explorers get to the Pacific Ocean.

NOVEMBER 8, 1805

The expedition first sights the

Pacific Ocean.

The explorers got to see the

Pacific Ocean because of

Sacagawea.

CHARACTER TRAITSSacagawea was hard working because

she gathered food for her family, showed

Lewis and Clark what plants to eat, and

showed them what plants to use as

medicine.

Sacagawea was determined because she

never gave up on finding the Pacific Ocean

because she new it meant a lot to Lewis &

Clark.

QUOTE

“Every thing I do is for my people”.

It means she does things that help

everyone in her tribe.

RESOURCES

nationalgeographic.com/lewis and

clark/photogallery_12.htm

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http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sacagawea.aspx

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RESOURCES 3

http://teachers.saschina.org/kblovad/

files/2010/03/Sacagawea