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Bird Woman Sakakawea and the Lewis and Clark Quest
A Montana historical essay reevaluates Sakakawea the Snake woman who guided Lewis and Clark from Mandan to the Pacific. It details her capture, marriage to Charboneau, acts as interpreter and navigator, and survives perilous river crossings, with reflections on her death and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
North Dakota
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Congress
Upper
Missouri River
Columbia River
Great Western Sea
Meriweather Lewis
Jefferson
Lewis
William Clark
Lewis and Clark
Sakakawea
Patrick Gass
Joseph Whitehouse
St. Louis
Montana Historical Society
William F. Wheeler
W. E. Brindley
Mandan
Charbone
Gallatin
Madison Rivers
Three Forks
Charbong
Clark
Charbono
Bitter Root
Charbona
Sary
Jefferson River
Rocky Mountains
Squar
Great Falls
Missouri
Montana Power Company
Upper Portage
Journal
Three Forks of the
Knife River
Sahkar-gar-we-ah
O. D. Wheeler
Three Forks of the Missouri
Northern Pacific Railway
C., M. & St. P. Railway
Grosventres
Lewis and Clark Party
Fergus County
Musselshell River
Musselshell
Crooked Creek
Cat Creek
Brindley
Judith
Julia Hancock
Fincastle
West Virginia
Marias River
Maria Wood
Maria
Beaverhead Rock
Rattlesnake Cliff
Drewyer
Shields
Beaverhead
Captain Clark
Ca-me-ah-wait
Columbia
Fort Clatsop
Clatsop
Patrick
Gass
Galt
Sakajawea
Missoula
Ross
Sakakawen
Bozeman Pass
Yellowstone
Bismarck
Launcher
Brackenridge
Charboneau
Pacific
Sanders
Stout
Connecticut Magazine
J. W. Schultz
Sacajawea