In the play, Sacajawea the Indian Princess, Clark, one of the explorers, asks Sacagawea:" then will you Sacajawea, go to pilot us through your country, to show us the river of the sun?"(1.14). He explains that they will not pay for this: "Everyone must give part of himself to the land of which he enjoys the freedom" (Sacajawea 1.14). This sentence that Clark utters is supposed to be for the audience to prove how willing was Sacagawea to help the new explorers. Wolfrom, here, asserts The Indian Princess as a partner and supporter of the colonial project. Sacagawea extends her hand to him who suggests her knowledge and full understanding of showing agreement in European culture. Her knowledge can be attributed to her marriage of a French fur-trader
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The process of discovery is reinforced by the construction of maps, whose existence is a means of textualizing the spatial reality of the other "(28). Sacajawea welcomes the explorers and announces her happiness to help them. She played an integral role in this important mission. Carrying a baby on her back, she served as a "white flag of truce," keeping hostile Native Americans from attacking the …show more content…
They express their purpose gently: "we are sent by the Great Father of the new world to smoke the pipe of peace with you"(Sacajawea I.5). Charbonneau, the French fur trader, and husband of Sacajawea is represented as a gentleman who offers to cook for everybody. He tells Sacajawea how lucky she is to have him as a husband. She agrees with his opinion:"when I sick you make me nice soup"(Sacagawea 1. 1. 8). The Whites try to elevate themselves and their sense of superiority leads them to grant themselves false ranks. For example, Captain Lewis addresses Chief Shahaka "all men are kings-you-me [pointing to each in turn] from ocean to ocean (1.1.). Captain Lewis preaches that the reason for their expedition is to teach all tribes of "Indians that constant war brings wars, famine, and destroys the number, allowing the big dogs to eat up the little ones"( Sacajawea 2.1.10). The white characters praise each other and assert their peaceful intention as Drouillard -one of the white characters – introduces Warrior Lewis and Clark as knowing no fear, "yet they fight not" (Sacajawea
The process of discovery is reinforced by the construction of maps, whose existence is a means of textualizing the spatial reality of the other "(28). Sacajawea welcomes the explorers and announces her happiness to help them. She played an integral role in this important mission. Carrying a baby on her back, she served as a "white flag of truce," keeping hostile Native Americans from attacking the …show more content…
They express their purpose gently: "we are sent by the Great Father of the new world to smoke the pipe of peace with you"(Sacajawea I.5). Charbonneau, the French fur trader, and husband of Sacajawea is represented as a gentleman who offers to cook for everybody. He tells Sacajawea how lucky she is to have him as a husband. She agrees with his opinion:"when I sick you make me nice soup"(Sacagawea 1. 1. 8). The Whites try to elevate themselves and their sense of superiority leads them to grant themselves false ranks. For example, Captain Lewis addresses Chief Shahaka "all men are kings-you-me [pointing to each in turn] from ocean to ocean (1.1.). Captain Lewis preaches that the reason for their expedition is to teach all tribes of "Indians that constant war brings wars, famine, and destroys the number, allowing the big dogs to eat up the little ones"( Sacajawea 2.1.10). The white characters praise each other and assert their peaceful intention as Drouillard -one of the white characters – introduces Warrior Lewis and Clark as knowing no fear, "yet they fight not" (Sacajawea