SACAGAWEA
Name: Sacagawea
Born: c. 1788
Died: December 20, 1812 Fort Lisa, Nebraska
Sacagawea (also Sakakawea, Sacajawea, Sacajewea, Sagagawea; see below) (c. 1788
- December 20, 1812; see below for other theories about her death) was a
Shoshone woman who accompanied the Corps of Discovery with Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark in their exploration of the Western United States, traveling
thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806.
She was nicknamed Janey by Clark.[1]
The Sacagawea dollar coin issued by the United States Mint depicts Sacagawea and
her son, Jean Baptiste. The face on the coin was modeled on a modern Shoshone
woman named Randy'L He-dow Teton; no contemporary image of Sacagawea exists.
Name: Sacagawea
Born: c. 1788
Died: December 20, 1812 Fort Lisa, Nebraska
Sacagawea (also Sakakawea, Sacajawea, Sacajewea, Sagagawea; see below) (c. 1788
- December 20, 1812; see below for other theories about her death) was a
Shoshone woman who accompanied the Corps of Discovery with Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark in their exploration of the Western United States, traveling
thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806.
She was nicknamed Janey by Clark.[1]
The Sacagawea dollar coin issued by the United States Mint depicts Sacagawea and
her son, Jean Baptiste. The face on the coin was modeled on a modern Shoshone
woman named Randy'L He-dow Teton; no contemporary image of Sacagawea exists.