Essays Tagged: "Sacagawea"

This essay describes the Lewis and Clark expedition, and what effects it had on the U.S.

ong with them for the rest of the way, if one of his wives could come along too. She was the famous Sacagawea, who was captured from her native tribe by the Hidatsa when she was very young. Sacagawea ... ince she could communicate with her people and convince them to help Lewis and Clark on their way. (Sacagawea is now pictured on the U.S. gold dollar coin, in tribute to the assistance that she gave t ...

(4 pages) 110 0 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

A brief discription of the Lousiniana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition. Paper concludes with their legacy and benifits to America.

nter. It was here that they hired Toussaint Charbonneau, a French interpreter, and his Indian wife, Sacagawea, the sister of a Shoshone chief was an Indian interpreter. While at Fort Mandan, Sacagawea ... follow the largest of the three forks, the Jefferson.They were now in the country of the Shoshone, Sacagawea's people. Sacagawea eagerly watched for her tribe, but it was Lewis who found them. The ch ...

(5 pages) 73 0 4.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Shoshone

for this reason(pbs.org). The Shoshoni Indians agreed to give Lewis horses because of the return of Sacagawea. Sacagawea had joined the expedition earlier in time and was reunited with her husband, Ca ... to be one of the most important women historically for her help in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Sacagawea belonged to the Shoshone and her name means literally bird woman. Sacagawea had traveled q ...

(5 pages) 14 1 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Charles Darwin

There is a character which is definitely a hero in the voyage of Lewis and Clark across America. Sacagawea is a hero in the voyage across the new country because of the multiple selfless acts she c ... but she never slowed down to think about the ways she may have been harmed or even die. This is why Sacagawea could be called the hero of the voyage across America with Lewis and Clark in the novel, S ...

(1 pages) 1238 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Scagewea

There is a character which is definitely a hero in the voyage of Lewis and Clark across America. Sacagawea is a hero in the voyage across the new country because of the multiple selfless acts she c ... but she never slowed down to think about the ways she may have been harmed or even die. This is why Sacagawea could be called the hero of the voyage across America with Lewis and Clark in the novel, S ...

(1 pages) 4 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Sacagawea

There is a character which is definitely a hero in the voyage of Lewis and Clark across America. Sacagawea is a hero in the voyage across the new country because of the multiple selfless acts she c ... but she never slowed down to think about the ways she may have been harmed or even die. This is why Sacagawea could be called the hero of the voyage across America with Lewis and Clark in the novel, S ...

(1 pages) 2412 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Exploration of Lewis and Clark

reason the various tribes were so helpful to Lewis and Clark may have been their Indian companion, Sacagawea, and her infant son. This Shoshone woman, married to the French trader Toussaint Charbonne ... ho might have suspected the explorers were on a warlike mission would have been reassured by seeing Sacagawea and her child with the soldiers. According to William Clark, "The Wife of Shabano our inte ...

(4 pages) 4 0 0.0 May/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Lewis and Clark Exploration

the Native Americans was critical. This is because of the immense support that individuals such as Sacagawea and the black slave gave to them in their journey. The expedition was a difficult one due ... y were successful; but this success could not have been realized without the significant support of Sacagawea and the black slave who offered help to Lewis and Clark. This thesis addresses this issue ...

(9 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers