Sacagawea Speech

Sacagawea If I could bring a famous person from history to come our classroom to talk, I would bring Sacagawea. If Sacagawea came to our classroom, we would talk about the important events in the beginning of her life. She would tell us about the famous journey she took with Lewis and Clark. Sacagawea would talk to us about the end of her life and the events in it. She had a very adventurous early life. Sacagawea was born in a Native American tribe called the Shoshone in 1788. Her village was in the Lemhi River Valley. At age 12, Sacagawea and other girls from her tribe were taken captives by a group of Hidatsa. Sacagawea was captured and forced to become a slave in a different tribe of Native Americans. “A Quebecer trader named Toussaint Charbonneau married Sacagawea when she was 13.” (http://www.biography.com/people/sacagawea-9468731). Sacagawea is most famous for the journey with …show more content…
Sacagawea talked to the chief of the Shoshone tribe and got the explorers strong horses to cross the Rocky Mountains. After traveling over the dangerous cliffs, they reached their destination; the Pacific Ocean. Sacagawea and the American explorers then traveled back home. Lewis and Clark invited Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau to live in St. Louis. Sacagawea lived the rest of her life in the large city. She had her second child; Lizette. Jean Baptiste attended the St. Louis academy. Sacagawea passed away on December 20, 1812. In her honor, multiple landmarks and items were named after her. The American dollar coin has a picture of Sacagawea on one side. The Sacagawea River was named after this important Indian. Her grave in Fort Washakie, Wyoming is visited by many people across America. We could have a wonderful conversation about the beginning of her life, the great journey, and the end of her life if she came to our classroom.