Sacagawea was a Shoshone born in 1788. At 12-years-old, she was kidnapped by members of the Hidatsa tribe.
As a young teen, she was married to French trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau. She was already pregnant when Lewis & Clark engaged her and Charbonneau as interpreters and guides for their expedition. Her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was born in February 1805. As a young mother, Sacagawea traveled thousands of miles on the expedition and proved a valuable interpreter to Lewis & Clark.
Sacagawea and her husband settled in St. Louis after the Lewis & Clark expedition and entrusted the education of their son to Clark. It is believed that Sacagawea died in 1812 though others argue that she lived into old age and died in 1884.
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