Sacagawea
Sacagawea was born in 1778 in the Shoshone tribe where her father was the chief. She believed in her tribes Gods and spirits. When she was ten, she was kidnapped by the Hidatsa, and later bought by her future husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, in Missouri. A few years later, Lewis and Clark decided to embark on there very famous expedition to explore new land. They needed an interpreter to guide them through the land, and someone who knew the land well. When they decided Sacagawea should be their guide, she said yes and also got the opportunity to represent the tribe she was taken away from. Sacagawea also had her first baby, Jean Baptiste, during the expedition. Luckily, when the expedition ran into an Indian tribe, they saw Sacagawea and her baby, so they backed off and had a good impression of the white men. Sacagawea was really a help on the expedition and gave men a better view on women- it proved that women are just as good as men. And, since men were considered "better" back then, Sacagawea was the only woman on the expedition, and she was one of the most important people there. During the expedition, they had to travel by boat. They were hit by high winds, and of course water. She recovered many important papers and was the only woman to make it to the Pacific Ocean and back. After the winter of 1805-1806, they ran into another Indian tribe, and Sacagawea persuaded them to give them horses to travel easier. Lewis and Clark separated to try different ways of getting to Yellowstone Park. On July 15, 1806, Clarks party, the party with Sacagawea, they made it to Yellowstone. However, Lewis' party had a fight with the Blackfeet Indians 11 days after Clarks party reached Yellowstone- they weren't even there yet. In 1806, they finally reached St. Louis. After the expedition, she got nothing, but Charbonneau got $500.03 and 320 acres of land. Sacagawea died in Fort Manuel in South Dakota in December of 1812.