A Biography of
Sacagawea
1789 or 1790-1812
BY: THAYDN
BACKGROUND
Born in America
Taken captive by another tribe when she was
12
Married Charbonneau when she was 16
She had Pomp when 18 years old
She had to survive when captured by
another tribe
NOVEMBER 4, 1804
* Sacajawea and her husband join
the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
*They joined because Lewis and
Clark asked them to join them to
help them get to the Pacific
Ocean.
OCT. 17, 1805
Clark gives Sacajawea
beads for her bravery.
Clark gave Sacagawea the
beads for her because she
helped the explorers
survive.
AUGUST 8, 1805
Sacajawea sees a
familiar rock and begins
leading the expedition.
It started the trip to the
Pacific Ocean.
OCT. 16, 1805
A boat flips in the Columbia River.
Sacajawea saves important papers.
Sacagawea saved all that stuff because it could
help Sacagawea and the explorers get to the Pacific
Ocean.
NOVEMBER 8, 1805
 The expedition first sights the Pacific
Ocean.
The explorers got to see the Pacific Ocean
because of Sacagawea.
CHARACTER TRAITS
Sacagawea was hard working because she gathered
food for her family, showed Lewis and Clark what plants
to eat, and showed them what plants to use as medicine.
Sacagawea was determined because she never gave up
on finding the Pacific Ocean because she new it meant a
lot to Lewis & Clark.
QUOTE
“Every thing I do is for my people”.
It means she does things that help
everyone in her tribe.
RESOURCES
 nationalgeographic.com/lewis and clark/photogallery_12.htm
 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=sacagawea&hl=en&safe=active&biw=
1024&bih=484&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=qnVpEPUltUWCBM:&imgrefurl=
http://sacagawea.bonniebutterfield.com/&docid=D6FpR0GJpXKDHM&im
gurl=http://bonniebutterfield.com/images/expedition.jpg&w=359&h=293&e
i=7_uzT9i9Asee6QHCi9DbDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=732&vpy=141&du
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432&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=162&start=0&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:
86&surl=1
RESOURCES 2
 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sacagawea.aspx
 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=sacagawea+images&hl=en&safe=activ
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RESOURCES 3
http://teachers.saschina.org/kblovad/files/2010/
03/Sacagawea