Sacagawea
Life before expedition
Sacagawea was born into the Shoshone tribe but was kidnapped by the Hidatsa tribe at an early age. She was then forced to marry a Canadian fur-trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau, after he won a bet with her as a prize. When Lewis and Clark arrived before the tribe in 1804, Sacagawea was already pregnant with her first baby. She and her husband were hired to be the translating team. On the trip, she gave birth to a son.
Life after expedition
After the expedition ended, Charbonneau received $500 and several hundred acres of land while Sacagawea received nothing for her work. 6 years after the expedition, she gave birth to her second child, a girl. Clark eventually adopted both of her children. Sacagawea, according to one theory, died at the age of 25 as a result of a serious disease. Another theory states that she lived until the age of 100 with sources from 2 censuses of 2 different tribes.
Sacagawea was born into the Shoshone tribe but was kidnapped by the Hidatsa tribe at an early age. She was then forced to marry a Canadian fur-trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau, after he won a bet with her as a prize. When Lewis and Clark arrived before the tribe in 1804, Sacagawea was already pregnant with her first baby. She and her husband were hired to be the translating team. On the trip, she gave birth to a son.
Life after expedition
After the expedition ended, Charbonneau received $500 and several hundred acres of land while Sacagawea received nothing for her work. 6 years after the expedition, she gave birth to her second child, a girl. Clark eventually adopted both of her children. Sacagawea, according to one theory, died at the age of 25 as a result of a serious disease. Another theory states that she lived until the age of 100 with sources from 2 censuses of 2 different tribes.