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What did Lewis and Clark have in common?
In capability and background, he and Lewis shared much in common. They were relatively young, intelligent, adventurous, resourceful, and courageous.
What was the relationship between Sacagawea and Lewis and Clark?
Lewis and Clark met Charbonneau and quickly hired him to serve as interpreter on their expedition. Even though she was pregnant with her first child, Sacagawea was chosen to accompany them on their mission. Lewis and Clark believed that her knowledge of the Shoshone language would help them later in their journey.
What was Sacagawea’s role in the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacagawea was an interpreter and guide for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition westward from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast.
Are there 2009 nickels?
Using the latest Mint circulating coin production figures for 2009 Jefferson nickels, 39.36 million from Denver and 39.84 million from Philadelphia were struck, for a total of 79.20 million coins. The last time a U.S. nickel had such a low combined mintage was in 1951.
What did Lewis and Clark think of Sacagawea?
Lewis and Clark didn’t seem to think much of Sacagawea’s 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.
Who was the Shoshone woman on the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
The bilingual Shoshone woman Sacagawea (c. 1788 – 1812) accompanied the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery expedition in 1805-06 from the northern plains through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and back.
Where did Sacagawea and her family end their journey?
As the Corps traveled eastward in 1806, returning to St. Louis, they stopped again at the Mandan and Hidatsa villages. There Sacagawea and her family ended their journey. Historians have debated the events of Sacagawea’s life after the journey’s end.
Why did Captain Clark call Sacagawea Janey?
It also gave rise to the theory that Sacagawea’s name was the Shoshone word for “boat launcher.” All that name business was evidently also too confusing for Clark, who ended up just calling Sacagawea “Janey” because he was the captain.