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Sacagawea (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə / SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or / s ə ˌ k ɒ ɡ ə ˈ w eɪ ə / sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; [1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) [2] [3] [4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
Linguists working on Hidatsa since the 1870s have considered the name of Sacagawea, a guide and interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to be of Hidatsa origin.The name is a compound of two common Hidatsa nouns, cagáàga [tsaɡáàɡa] 'bird' and míà [míà] 'woman'.
"Sacagawea" (1910), North Dakota State Capitol, Leonard Crunelle, sculptor. Sacagawea (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə / see below; c. 1788 – December 20, 1812; see here for other theories about her death), also Sakakawea or Sacajawea, was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United ...
2000-P Sacagawea Dollar and statehood quarter mule ($144,000): In coin terminology, a “mule” refers to two different designs on a single piece. In the case of this Sacagawea Dollar, one side ...
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When Charbonneau married Sacagawea in 1804, he was already married to Otter Woman, another Shoshone woman. Charbonneau eventually considered these women to be his wives, though whether they were bound through Native American custom or through common-law marriage is undetermined. [7] By the summer of 1804, Sacagawea was pregnant with their first ...
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Eva Emery Dye (1855 – February 25, 1947) was an American writer, historian, and prominent member of the women's suffrage movement. As the author of several historical novels, fictional yet thoroughly researched, she is credited with "romanticizing the historic West, turning it into a poetic epic of expanding civilization."