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Sacagawea is the most widely used spelling of her name, usually pronounced with a hard "g" sound (/ s ə ˌ k ɑː ɡ ə ˈ w iː ə /), occasionally with a soft "g" or "j" sound (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə /). Lewis and Clark's original journals mention Sacagawea by name seventeen times, spelled eight different ways, all with a "g".
When Charbonneau married Sacagawea in 1804, he was already married to Otter Woman, another Shoshone woman. Charbonneau eventually considered these women to be his wives, though whether they were bound through Native American custom or through common-law marriage is undetermined. [7] By the summer of 1804, Sacagawea was pregnant with their first ...
Statue of Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Sacagawea, sometimes spelled Sakajawea or Sakagawea (c. 1788 – December 20, 1812), was a Shoshone Native American woman who arrived with her husband and owner Toussaint Charbonneau on the expedition to the Pacific Ocean.
2000-P Sacagawea Dollar and statehood quarter mule ($144,000): In coin terminology, a “mule” refers to two different designs on a single piece. In the case of this Sacagawea Dollar, one side ...
Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste by Alice Cooper is located in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon.. Sixteen statues of Sacagawea have been identified. [1] Wanda Pillow claims that "Sacajawea has more statues honoring her than any other U.S. woman, and her sentimentalized image is captured on postcards, stamps, coins, and other collectables."
This misprinted 2000-P Sacagawea coin is commonly referred to as a “mule” because of the mismatching of an obverse die and reverse die combined together. Only 19 examples are known to be out ...
Sacagawea (1788–1812), Lemhi Shoshone guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805–1866) son of Sacagawea, explorer, guide, military scout; Cameahwait, chief in the early 19th century; Bear Hunter (d. 1863), war chief; Old Toby; Ned Blackhawk (b. ca. 1970), historian and professor at Yale; Mary Dann and Carrie Dann
Linguists working on Hidatsa since the 1870s have considered the name of Sacagawea, a guide and interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to be of Hidatsa origin.The name is a compound of two common Hidatsa nouns, cagáàga [tsaɡáàɡa] 'bird' and míà [míà] 'woman'.