Over the years ive really disliked toussaint charbonneau, the husband of sacagawea who happened to be a frenchcanadian fur trader. Lewis and clarks original journals mention sacagawea by name seventeen times, spelled eight different ways, each time with a g. Once again, while on the expedition, sacagawea was able to prove his significance to the said venture. The other was unnamed in the journals, and similarly, her age remains a mystery. This crossword puzzle, sacagawea, was created using the crossword hobbyist puzzle maker. If it had not been for president thomas jefferson, sacagawea would have l. Get your fix of jstor dailys best stories in your inbox each thursday. The team that sacagawea had traveled with on the expedition. Yes he did into another indian tribe and died at the age of 96. The offer was accepted and jean baptiste was sent to st. She was a member of the agaidika salmon eater of the lemhi shoshone tribe. Sacagawea and charbonneau joined their new coworkers at the finished encampment called fort mandan. They were often cold and hungry and she had to carry and feed a baby.
After the expedition, william clark offered toussaint and his. Did sacagaweas husband marry after sacagaweas death. After reaching the pacific, sacagawea returned with the rest of the corps and her husband and sonhaving survived illness, flash floods, temperature extremes, food shortages, mosquito swarms and. Charbonneau was a free trader who obtained goods on credit and traded them with the indians. Still only a teenager, sacagawea was the wife of a frenchcanadian fur trapper, toussaint charbonneau, who had purchased her from hidatsa kidnappers the. Charbonneau brought sacagawea, who gave birth during the journey, along with him on the journey. In fact, another interpreter at the fort, rene jusseaume, played a larger role in sacagaweas labor than her own husband. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Sep 14, 2019 over the years ive really disliked toussaint charbonneau, the husband of sacagawea who happened to be a frenchcanadian fur trader.
Sacagawea travelled with her husband because she spoke the shoshone language and charbonneau did not. Jean baptiste was the son of sacagawea, a shoshone, and her french canadian husband toussaint charbonneau, the latter who worked as a trapper and interpreter for the lewis and clark expedition. Charbonneau carried out diplomatic errands for the u. Sacagawea was attended by meriwether lewis during the birth. Feb 27, 2020 much of sacagawea s life is a mystery. Rhea porter white was one of those people, and she played a leading role in having a monument erected at sacagaweas wyoming gravesite in 1963. Toussaint charbonneau gateway arch national park u. These people believe that sacagawea died on the wind river reservation in wyoming territory in 1884 and is buried at the fort washakie cemetery, near lander, wyo. Sacagawea, her husband, and her son remained with the expedition on the return trip east until they reached the mandan villages. During the journey, clark had become fond of her son jean baptiste.
Only after the expedition s incredible value became popularly, and politically well accepted, did sacagawea s personal courage, sacrifices and contributions to the opening of the west gain the recognition they deserve. Sacagawea, a woman born into a shoshone family in idahos lemhi county, is still known for being the first native american woman to have gone on an expedition. While sacagawea is often remembered as the guide who led the corps across the plains, expedition journals offer little evidence of this. She served as a guide and gathered edible plants along the route. Toussaint charbonneau was born in boucherville, quebec. Toussaint charbonneau sacagaweas frenchcanadian fur. She served as a navigator, translator and a medicine woman. Sep 01, 2012 your woman who accompanied you that long dangerous and fatigueing rout to the pacific ocean and back, deserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that rout than we had in our power to give her at the mandans, william clark wrote to sacagaweas husband, toussaint charbonneau, three days after the crew dropped them off at the mandan village. After the return of the expedition in 1806, sakakawea and her husband and son lived in the mandan and hidatsa villages. Your woman who accompanied you that long dangerous and fatigueing rout to the.
Only after the expeditions incredible value became popularly, and politically well accepted, did sacagaweas personal courage, sacrifices and contributions to the opening of the west gain the recognition they deserve. John luttig and sacagaweas young daughter were among the survivors. However, the sole reason either one of the couple was hired by the team was because of sacagaweas skills, not her husbands. While the expedition was at rest, it recieved a few visitors including toussaint charboneau who was sacagaweas husband. Rhea porter white was one of those people, and she played a leading role in having a monument erected at sacagaweas. Sacagaweas vote, as well as the vote of clarks manservant york, were counted equally with those of the captains and the men. Sacajawea also made extensive use of sign language, which many in the party could interpret. Sacagawea, the shoshone indian interpreter and guide to the lewis and clark expedition, gives birth to her first child, jean baptiste charbonneau. One wife was sacagawea, approximately 16 years old in 1804. There arent many tour guides as famous as sacagawea, but in truth, she wasnt a guide at all. May 14, 1805, a tragedy struck when their boat flipped. Sacajawea conversed with her husband in gros ventre. When lewis and clark engaged charbonneau as an interpreter for their expedition in 1804, it was with the understanding that sacagawea would also accompany them. Sacagaweas true story her husband was hired as a translator she traveled with him, was not a guide.
Toussaint charbonneau was born around 1767 in boucherville, quebec. Sacagaweas role for the expedition was mainly to gather edible berries and roots for them to eat and use for medicine. A few months later, fifteen men were killed in an indian attack on fort lisa, then located at the mouth of the bighorn river. Toussaint charbonneau was mistakenly thought to have been killed at. He even provided them with a guide who helped them through the rocky mountains. Historians generally believe that sacagawea joined the expedition because her husband had been hired as a translator. After the expedition, william clark offered toussaint and his family a place in st. William clark had become so attached to sacagaweas son little pompy that he wrote a letter to sacagawea and her husband offering to take the child into his care in the city of st. Clark was off on a hunting expedition, and charbonneau was not mentioned at all in the journal entry. Theres limited information about sacagaweas early life, including her birth date, though many historians believe she was born in may 1788 near presentday salmon, idaho.
Still, sacagawea contributed significantly to the success of the journey. Sacagawea is famous for having been the first female guide for an american expedition. Sacagawea facts sacagawea biography lewis and clark. She gave birth to her son during the trip that covered more than 4500 miles. In fact, another interpreter at the fort, rene jusseaume, played a larger role in sacagawea s labor than her own husband. It speaks to sacagaweas intelligence and language skills that she was chosen for the job over his other wife, otter woman, even though it would mean bringing a screaming infant along for the ride. Americas most famous explorers charles river editors on. Charbonneau then passed on sacajawea s words in french to another individual in the party who spoke french and english. Your woman who accompanied you that long dangerous and fatigueing rout to the pacific ocean and back, deserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that rout than we had in our power to give her at the mandans, william clark wrote to sacagaweas husband, toussaint charbonneau, three days after the crew dropped them off at the mandan village. Sacagawea was a lemhi shoshone woman who, at age 16, met and helped the lewis and. Lured to the montana goldfields following the civil war, he died en route near danner, oregon, on may 16. Here is where lewis and clark met charbonneau, sacagaweas husband, and hired him as an interpreter. Sacagaweas image was popularized in the early 20th century as a significant historical character after the publication of a novel by eva emery dye, conquest.
William clark wrote to sacagaweas husband, toussaint charbonneau, in 1806. How sacagawea became more than a footnote jstor daily. Picture of toussaint charbonneau introducing his wife sacagawea to lewis and clark. There the boy could be enrolled in school and get a firstclass education. Sacagaweas female status and her ethnic identity in the early 1800s, kept her in the background of both white and tribal society.
Toussaint charbonneau march 20, 1767 august 12, 1843 was a french canadian explorer and trader, and a member of the lewis and clark expedition. Sacagawea gave birth to a baby boy named jean baptiste jeen babteest or as clark nicknamed him, pomp or pompey. She was then sold to a frenchcanadian trapper named toussaint. In november 1804, sacagaweas husband, toussaint charbonneau, was hired by lewis and clark to assist them and the corps of discovery as they explored the louisiana purchase. Initially, the captains recruited sacagaweas husband or captor, depending who you ask, the french canadian fur trader toussaint charbonneau, but they seemed to be aware of her value as an interpreter. Having sacagawea on the trip also helped to keep the peace with the native americans. Lewis and clark didnt seem to think much of sacagaweas husband lewis called him the most timid waterman in the world and later said he was mostly only useful to the lewis and clark expedition as an interpreter, though evidently he was also a fine maker of boudin blanc, which is a concoction of buffalo meat and kidneys served in intestine. Sacagawea was a lemhi shoshone indian girl who accompanied the corps of discovery expedition led by captains william clark and merriwether lewis to explore the american northwest. The expedition departed on may 1804 and arrived at mandan and hidatsa lands on november 1804 where they settled for the winter. Sold to her future husband, toussaint charbonneau as a slave, sacagawea accompanied him to an expedition, where he was hired to serve as an interpreter. After reaching the pacific, sacagawea returned with the rest of the corps and her husband and sonhaving survived illness, flash floods, temperature extremes, food. Sacagawea or sacajawea was married at the age of to a french fur trapper, toussaint charbonneau. In his early childhood, he accompanied his parents as they traveled across the country.
Government among the missouri river tribes during the war of 1812. A bittersweet homecoming history smithsonian magazine. Sacagaweas contribution did not stop there as she also went with the expedition, with her husband being the navigator. May 1788 december 20, 1812 or april 9, 1884 was a lemhi shoshone woman who, at age 16, met and helped the lewis and clark expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the louisiana territory sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from north dakota to the pacific ocean. Sacagawea returned with the rest of the corps and her husband and sonhaving survived. Sacagaweas husband, toussaint charbonneau, was hired in october of 1804 as an interpreter, a few months into the expedition. He scouted for explorers and helped guide the mormon battalion to california before becoming an alcalde, a hotel clerk, and a gold miner. Sep 06, 2018 lewis and clark didnt seem to think much of sacagaweas husband lewis called him the most timid waterman in the world and later said he was mostly only useful to the lewis and clark expedition as an interpreter, though evidently he was also a fine maker of boudin blanc, which is a concoction of buffalo meat and kidneys served in intestine. Sacagawea, a woman born into a shoshone family in idaho s lemhi county, is still known for being the first native american woman to have gone on an expedition.
Sacagaweas husband, translator and french canadian. In 1796 he moved to present day bismarck, north dakota on the upper missouri river and settled among the hidatsas and mandans. Nov 16, 2009 sacagawea, the shoshone indian interpreter and guide to the lewis and clark expedition, gives birth to her first child, jean baptiste charbonneau. Acting as an interpreter and guide, sacagawea contributed significantly to the success of the journey. This biography provides detailed information about her childhood, profile, career and timeline. She was then sold to a frenchcanadian trapper named toussaint charbonneau who made her one of his wives. Around the age of 12, sacagawea was captured by hidatsa indians, an enemy of the shoshones. Mar 06, 2019 initially, the captains recruited sacagaweas husband or captor, depending who you ask, the french canadian fur trader toussaint charbonneau, but they seemed to be aware of her value as an interpreter.
Sacagawea s female status and her ethnic identity in the early 1800 s, kept her in the background of both white and tribal society. She had no idea where she was going, and she didnt even speak english. Her son jean baptiste was born on february 11, 1805, in winter quarters at fort mandan in north dakota, and she carried him with her when travel resumed. The expedition decided to set up camp for the winter in that village insted of traveling further because there was bad weather. In effect, sacagawea and charbonneau would become an intepreter team. Jean baptiste was born at fort mandan in north dakota. Sacagawea, a shoshone indian, was one of the most important communicators on the expedition. Read other interesting information about sacagawea. She gave birth to a second child, a daughter, about 6 years later, but sacagawea died of a fever soon after at the age of 25. The mountains sacagawea had to pass on the expedition. The way i understand it, when lewis and clark met charbonneau, they didnt.
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