SACAGAWEA

Intro :

Sacagawea was an american shoshone squaw who was born in 1787 in the tribe of the shoshone but the name Sacagawea was her nickname ; her real name was Boinaiv in the Shoshone culture. She had another nickname which was Janey : it was by Clark.In the early 1800s, Sacajawea accompanied Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their historical expedition from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Ocean. Sacajawea is responsible in large part for the success of the expedition, due to her navigational, diplomatic, and translating skills. Sacajawea was an interpreter and guide and the only one woman member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804.