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The Bird Woman Sakakawea and the Lewis and Clark Tale
A Montana historian revisits Sakakawea, the Bird Woman, detailing her role with Lewis and Clark from 1804 to 1806. It traces her interpreter duties, survival during river dangers, and later life while challenging earlier death-date claims with evidence from journals and regional histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
North Dakota
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Congress
Upper
Missouri River
Columbia River
Great Western Sea
Meriweather Lewis
Jeefferson
Lewis
William Clark
Lewis and Clark
Sakakawea
Patrick Gass
Joseph Whitehouse
St. Louis
Montana Historical Society
William F. Wheeler
W. B. Brindley
Mandan
Charbone
Clark
Jefferson
Bitter Root
Charbono
Saka‘kawea
Sary
Jefferson River
Rocky Mountains
Great Falls
Missouri
Montana'Power ‘Company
Northwest
Upper Portage
Journal Records
Three Forks
Sahkar-gar-we-ah
C. 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 River
Julia
Hancock
Fincastle
West Virginia
Marias River
Maria Wood
Maria
Big Stream
Forké
Beaverhead Rock
Rattlesnake Cliff
Drewyer
Shields
Beaverhead
Captain Clark
Ca-me-ah-wait
Columbia
Cuminbts River
Fort Clatsop
Squar
Clatsop
Patrick
Gass
Sakajawea
Missoula
Ross
Greatfalls
Bozeman Pass
Yellowstone
Bismarck
Peat Launcher
Sakakaweo
Indiana
Rks
Brackenridge
Charboneau
Snake Nation
Pacific
Grace Hebard
Journal of American History
Connecticut Magazine
J. W.’ Schultz