Indian PaintbrushIt's the birthday of the Shoshone woman Sacajawea, born in Idaho (1786), who served as interpreter for Lewis and Clark's expedition (1804). Born to a Shoshone chief, kidnapped at 10 by the Hidatsa tribe, and sold into slavery, she was then bought by a French Canadian trapper named Charbonneau, who married her. When Lewis and Clark hired Charbonneau to guide them to the Pacific, his teenage wife — with her two-month-old baby on her back — was part of the package. Officially she acted as interpreter, speaking half a dozen Indian languages, but she also knew which wilderness plants were edible and saved the explorers' records when their boat overturned. She served as camp cook, housekeeper, and peacemaker with the watchful tribes they met along their way.
HMMM..... HOW WOULD "THEY" EVER KNOW HER BIRTH DATE?
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As for the "HMMH..." I would guess that Sacajawea knew how many "summers" she lived, and if she and her husband joined the expedition in 1804, they would come up with 1786, or 18 years old. Notice they didn't try to narrow it down to month and day!
Well, that would be my guess anyway!
~J~
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