Is Sacagawea a myth?
Sacagawea is largely known to history as the Shoshone woman who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition and guided the explorers through the hostile wilderness with a baby strapped to her back. But in the lionization of Sacagawea, the real person may have been buried behind the legend.
What is the real story of Sacagawea?
Who Was Sacagawea? Sacagawea, the daughter of a Shoshone chief, was captured by an enemy tribe and sold to a French Canadian trapper who made her his wife around age 12. In November 1804, she was invited to join the Lewis and Clark expedition as a Shoshone interpreter.
What bad things did Sacagawea do?
Teton said that Sacagawea’s history has “been good and bad.” Although some tribes view Sacagawea as a traitor for leading the white men west, Sacagawea had only been “doing what her husband told her to do.” When enemy tribes stole family members or friends, those people “died” because the tribes thought they would …
Was Sacagawea’s husband abusive?
Louis, Sacagawea finally escaped her abusive, sack-of-crap husband for good. Legend had it that sometime around 1823, she left the teenage Jean-Baptiste in the care of his honorary godfather William Clark.