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Sakakawea the Bird Woman of Lewis and Clark
A Montana writer recaps Sakakawea’s role with Lewis and Clark from 1804 to 1806, detailing her interpreter duties, rescues during river crossings, and survival amid dangers. It notes her capture, marriage to Charboneau, and the hardships faced on the Missouri to the Columbia, including illness, near drownings, and later historical debates about her death and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Hilger
Montana
North Dakota
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Congress
Missouri River
Columbia River
Great Western Sea
Meriweather Lewis
Jefferson
Lewis
William Clark
Lewis and Clark
Patrick Gags
Joseph Whitehouse
St. Louis
Columbia
Montana Historical Society
William F. Wheeler
W. E. Brindley
Sakakawea
Mandan
Charbone
Gros Ventres
Jefferson, Gallatin
Madison Rivers
Three Forks
Clark
Charbono
Bitter Root
Jefferson River
Rocky Mountains
Great Falls
Missouri
Leis
Montana Power Company
Northwest
Falla
Upper Portage
Journal
Three Forks of the
Knife River
D. Wheeler
Patrick Gass
Fergus County
Musselshell River
Musselshell
Musselshell Ag
Musselsh
Brindley
Judith River
Julia Hancock
Fincastle
West Virginia
Marias River
Maria Wood
St Maria’s River
Crooked Creek
Beaverhead Rock
Rattlesnake Cliff
Drewyer
Shields
Beaverhead
Lewig
Ca-mé-ah-wait
Fort Clatsop
Squar
Lakekawea
Sakajawea
Missoula
Ross
Bozeman Pass
Yellowstone
Bismarck
Launcher
Towit
Lewis’and Clark
Manda
Brackenridge
Charboneau
Pacific
Sanders
Stout
Cheyenne Indiana
Timothy F. Burke
The
Connecticut
J.W. Schultz