Sacagawea Research Paper

When you open up a book and read about the Lewis and Clark expedition, it is likely that you are going to read about a woman named Sacagawea. But who exactly was Sacagawea? Uncovering and finding new discoveries have always served as a course of attraction for the travelers of the world. For instance John Smith adventurous Englishman who longed to see the world, but he probably never imagined that he would become famous for helping save a new colony. Many explorers trailed from all walks of life, coming from different homelands and having different mindsets. One characteristic shared by all travelers was the hope to gain a piece of history to store in the memory banks of civilization. The life of many explorers and natives has been characterized by sharing of tradition, trade, …show more content…
Sacagawea came from a tribe called the Agaidika (Salmon Eaters) tribe. She was the daughter of the Shoshone chief. The hardest time period in her life was at the age of twelve. She was scared considering, her age when she was kidnapped by her people’s great enemy of her people known as the Hidatsa Indians. But it was not just her couple of other girls from her tribe were also captured. It was just that Sacagawea stood out from the other girls in her tribe. When she was about thirteen, she was taken by Toussaint Charbonneau, the French explorer. She eventually became his wife. At the age of sixteen, Sacagawea was sold to four men who called themselves Corps of Discovery. The Corps of Discovery were a group of men who were looking for a quicker route to reach the Pacific Ocean. They hired Sacagawea’s husband as an