Not crying doesn’t indicate how strong one has become, it indicates how wounded and in need of healing one is. Dissociation, derealization, depersonalization, desensitization, and compartmenting to that degree are All trauma symptoms

I was an airline captain flying domestic routes in the 90s. Whenever we flew over the Missouri River I gave a brief talk about Lewis, Clark & Sacagawea. I was honored once when a VP of Disney gave me his business card where he had written, "Best travel dialogue ever." Thank you for this Sacagawea recap.

Im a Death Valley Shoshone. Our women are known for our tenacity and bravery. I am so proud to be in the same clan as Sacajawea.

One thing you didn’t mention was that her husband was the only one that could speak with her. He spoke HER language. And French. Lewis and Clark (and others) spoke French to him, and he translated their words to her. That was how they communicated.

I've read quite a bit about her.... extremely important in the success of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Her personal life was hell but she held her head up high and not only survived, but thrived and her legacy is a national treasure.

One weird thing said was “they were so hungry they ate bear fat”. That was completely an average Tuesday for any frontiersman/trapper. It was the main ingredient in pemican, A dry food that would last for months, the main thing they would be eating on a voyage like this. It was so common that bear fat was a literal currency at one point in the deep frontier

Poor girl it’s not like she had any choice in marrying that creep! Sadly we will never know about thousands of women that were treated like this in the past. We only know of her because of Lewis & Clarke. Her story needs to be told in our schools. Not just the Disney coated over story but the truth. Thanks for sharing this info with us.

I feel sad that she died so young. I like to think she is still out there in the wilderness feeling the joy that only nature can provide.

I taught my elementary ESL students about the Lewis and Clark expedition and Sacagawea. They were very impressed with her talents and fortitude. She deserved so much better!

What an extraordinary woman! A disgrace that she was forced to marry a predator, she deserved so much better. Thank you for illuminating her life and telling her incredible, and courageous, story.

Now this is a person worth Learning about.

Bring back the Sacageawa Dollar coin. I seriously collect them out of admiration!! She was extraordinary No Doubt and astounding Heart❤

Many thanks for this beautiful and heartbreaking story of a very special woman.

This is someone who our children can look up to! Her story needs to be told a lot. People need to hear this!

Some things never change. An older promiscuous man defiles a chaste little girl. Stolen away so young, she never had enough time with her mom; she learned how to be an excellent human being on her own. Thankfully the kind explorers could protect her somewhat. Im so sorry she became infected by her disgraceful husband, and didnt get to enjoy raising her children.

She wasn't a servant. She was a slave to the Hidatsa tribe and then sold as a slave to a trapper. That poor girl. That's horrifying. She was an incredible woman.

Sacagawea's story is essential to the story of Oregon. I am a 7th generation Oregonian and learned state history in the 4th grade. I think that it is still part of the curriculum. About 10 years ago we traveled to Jordan Valley and saw the grave of her son Jean Baptiste. Even though she was not a native of the state, we have adopted her as one of our own.

I cried for Sacagawea. What a beautiful and rugged soul. She helped discover America.

America should know more about how much we owe this brave young woman. 🙏 RIP Amerika.

A beautiful strong and kind woman. Sad she had a monster for husband. I am very pleased we recognized her very important role in history.

I went to school with one of Sacagawea's relatives. She told us stories about her. That was back in the 60's.

Her son, Jean Baptiste, had an interesting life which history can be found online. He is buried 80-some miles down the road from my Idaho home. It has been said that he developed pneumonia during harsh weather in the high desert of Malheur County, Oregon. He stayed at a local ranch but he did not survive. Other sources name another disease but it seems to be agreed that he died of a febrile illness. There is a marker on the main highway noting the location of his grave.

Why did Sacagewea's brother, the chief, not despatch her violent husband? Or insist that he return her to the tribe?

I have always loved hearing stories about this extraordinary young woman.

Remarkable woman....remarkable..

Beautiful soul

She had a beautiful spirit

She was still a girl when she died, I would love to have met her, it's sad that people she knew didn't appreciate her, it's taking a hundred years for the honors she deserves.

Sacagawea was a WARRIOR WOMAN, to survive the savagely she was treated as a child, including the abuse of that husband. To guide the expedition so carefully.She deserves our admiration. Many women of the past deserve to be recognized. Shameful few are.

What a brave woman she was.

Much of this story/video seems to come from a highly fictionalized movie version of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Not mentioned: one of her major contributions to the expedition was simply her presence. Native American war parties did not travel with women. So as the expedition passed into new territories, the local natives would see that the expedition had a woman with it and would, correctly, assume that it was not an invading war party.

I don't think for sure modern people have any idea how hard this woman was a true miracle

I'm so glad she had Clark to care about her. I'm so glad he took care of her son. Amazing legendary woman.

Well done! Thanks for not perpetrating the traditional B.S. myth that the teen-age Indian girl served as the expedition "guide" to the Pacific ocean. She had never been further west than the Lemhi River Valley of eastern Idaho, and was in no position to guide the expedition over the Bitterroot range and down the western side.

Such a beautiful and sad story about an incredible woman. I really wish she hadn’t endured a horrible excuse of a human. 😢

Thank you for this video. I knew a little bit about her, beforehand, but I learned a lot more about her. Now, could you please do a profile on York, the black slave that was also a part of Lewis and Clark's expedition?

So no one saved the little girl! Everyone treated her like a slave. Her own brother didn’t get her away from an abusive man!

Now that is a mother.

Sadness, the wrong person died.

I played her in a play, about Lewis and Clark, when I was in 4th grade. I always loved her story. TY for sharing how amazing she was. ❤️

Wow, I learned a lot. I thought I learned 'about' Sacagawea clearly and well in elem. school. I did not. Thank you for enlightening me correctly about her, this hero.

I read an biography about Sacagawea. I loved the book and the story of her life. It was a very thick paperback book to read, I didn't want it to end. I still have that book to this day.

The expedition also seems to have taken a lot out of Lewis and Clark as well. One of them--I can't remember which one--suffered severe attacks of depression after the expedition and ultimately committed suicide.

Another person name York was very important to the Lewis and Clark expedition. Hewas denied his freedom and payment foe his help. He actually saved Lewis from a grizzly killing him. At the end of their return Clark sold him to a very abusive slave owner. No one knows what happened to him after 4 years with the owner. Interesting how this isn't taught in schools.

Her husband was a saddest…. She was abused terribly. The men in the Expedition knew it, they didnt like it… i read a book on her life,,, I am guessing today its a book based on facts but some fiction… i read that book 40 yrs ago but still remember it.

I learned so much about her, what a brave woman.

Sacegawea Is A TRUE WARRIOR AND A TRUE HUMANITARIAN. NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE LIKE HER IN THIS WORLD.

A strong and brave woman. Married to a predator and coward. Life was hard back then, but her light shines brightly to this day.

Half way through, I wanted to cry. I learned about her in elementary school in the 80's. I wasn't told about her husband.

Truly one of America's legendary people. You can study for literally years about the Corps of Discovery and still never lose interest. East of Billings, Montana, on I-90, there survives the only physical mark of that entire journey; Pompey's Pillar and 1 inscription. Stop and see it sometime.

It's Sacajawea. I live in Spokane Washington! I went to Sacajawea Junior High School!

A fascinating story! Sacagawea was a brave, strong woman who endured a lot of abuse by her husband. Even so, she aided Lewis and Clarke's Expedition, got to see a beached whale, and became a role model for women of the First Nation and all women.

She was an amazing woman! Thank you for sharing her story!

This moved me deeply. I remember learning about her by and through Colorado History many times and had a friend who was an ancestor of Clark. It's disappointing to learn that history has diminished the knowledge of her. This story makes me even more thankful learning of her sacrifice and struggles 😊 Thank you 🙏

I wonder how many more Sacagawea were out there that because no one wrote about them, therefore unknown to history. The poor little girl was probably born with that disease her father gave her mother, hence never had a fighting chance. Remarkable woman.

Thank you. I've been waiting on this. Since Clark has been playing I keep hearing her cry.

One of my favorite books of all time was "Sacagawea".

Hi thanks you for sharing sagwia story it good thing she deserves to be heared as shoshinsa women and mom who have traveled with lou and Clark thanks again

This beautiful soul deserved so much much better than the life she was given. Unfortunately, we probably wouldn't have appreciated her the way we do if she had been given a different/ better life. She shines because she was given a chance to do so under such harsh conditions as tragic that it was. May her star continue to shine forever even if others don't quite understand why it does.

Her name was Bo i nave. Bird woman. Sacagawea was her slave name.

I always held this woman in such high esteem. What an awesome individual. I always hoped to have a woman with at least half of the spirit of this legendary lady.

Amazing woman!

I am from Lewiston Idaho, across the Snake River from Clarkston Washington. Obviously named for Lewis and Clark. From my elementary years, we were told their stories and especially of Sacagawea since we were so close to the Nez Perce band of Shoshone tribe, who were also very friendly to the travelers. She is a hero and saved them many times.

What a wonderful story. She wasn't eager to relive the sad parts of her past, but she was eager to enjoy the good ones. She wasn't selfish or cowardly. Sounds like a lovely person, wish I could've met her.

How sad. We are now finding out true history that we were not taught. She was an extraordinary woman. She deserved better.

I find it interesting how we tend to project modern day feelings onto people of the past and even onto those of different cultures. Other than that, thank you for sharing this woman's story

Lovely history lesson. I learned new information about this lovely and brave woman. Please continue to share our history!

Thank you so much ❤✌️

What a wonderful story.. As I never any of this..Thanks for sharing this wonderful video..

Loved Sacagawea from the second grade when I first read her biography. She was treated horribly.

What a incredible woman with a devote fortitude of adventure and never conceding to the easy way out she deserves our respect and an honorable woman.

I went to her grave site in Ft Washakie, WY. Its a very unassuming cemetery that you would drive right past if you didnt know it was there. No signs or advertisements for it at all. Thats how the Shoshone want it!

Thank you so much for this video 🥰🙏🏻

I'm part Cherokee and I have mad respect for sacagewea as well as Nancy ward and other brave warrior women

Well i would like to add that not everything in this video fact. Such as Sacagawea was in fact 12 years old when she was bought by the french trader. Another fact was he was 32 years of age qhen he bought Sacagawea to be one of his 6 wives (1 french and 5 aboriginal). The native girls that were his wives did all the work, received much abuse and were repeatedly raped by him on a daily basis. During the journey, Meriwether & Clarke noticed how the frenchman treated Sacagawea (screaming at her, beating her & raping her. So at the Meriwether took her into his protection. After the journey he petitioed rhe president to grant her a pardon from the frenchman (which was granted), she stay with Meriwether for a short time before journeying back to the Shoshone tribe to visit her family (which ahe did frequently). Just before her last visit she took ill and asked Lewis to care for her kids in case she didn't return (she feared that she would not return this time due to illness and her last visit was told the frenchman was hunting her down). Lewis cared for Sacagawea's kids and petitioed for adoption after he found of her death. They where Christened Lewis by the church and took his last name. If anyone wants to know facts and history about natives and our culture, feel free to contact me. Im Pawmunky/Hatteras and made it my personal job to teach the real history of the native peoples that isn't written in the white man's history books. As we say, aho (just like Hawaiian's aloha, has various meanings depending on its intent, this time meaning: Peace & blessings to you).

Thanks for teaching me a few things I didn't know! I used to take my daughter to story times at the library; one time a man dressed and spoke as one of Lewis and Clark's crew. His first person perspective focused on Sacagawea's contributions, demeanor and heroism... that was so exciting, and indelible.

All I can say is WOW!

Thank you - excellent

What an exceptional and strong woman. Her story is not spoken of enough. An angel captured and tortured by a devil. I pray that she found salvation and returned to God's loving embrace.

Great story really enjoyed reading, they should have more to our children will know more history of USA & CANADA.

According to the story and my memory, Clark took her child to St Louis and introduced him to higher society and paid for a top education for her. If you want to research: Author, James Alexander Thom is an expert on the subject. His wife was part of the Shawnee and they have the oral history of their Shawnee Hunter and Sign Talker for to Expedition. He was another bigger than life personality on the Expedition and later on when he went back west with compatriots. And a wealth of information on the Expedition.

Bird Woman Goes to the Ocean Woman-bird-child too small to carry the dreams of a clumsy giant She gathers berries by the river close to home where each stream knows her voice and the wind lifts her song high in the sacred mountains Here she knows the name of every peak and pass has learned the medicine of each being on earth knows healing wisdom taught by the grandmothers Pouncing like a hawk on its prey destiny swoops in whooping on flying hooves from a far camp and a bird too small is unable to escape greater things that overtake her life Forged in fires of fierce living in a land as big as the sky her wings powerful her spirit steeped in ancient wisdom She is carried captive over new horizons far from the life she was born to into eastern lands where the river flows wide and muddy slow across rolling plains adopted into the family fabric of her Mandan captors her destiny not done yet A new nation comes to call asks her to lead men across high mountains to a great sea and home again teenage wife and new mother She is emissary interpreter caretaker symbol of peace Sacagawea Ed Hanson June 25, 2004

Thank you for the post! ✌🏼😊

Americams used to be gifed medals of Sacagawea before special trips...my grandmother carreied hers in her wallet...it was meant to protect travelers.

Thank you very interesting.

Well done. Thank you 🙏🏼🏜️🛶

Bless her ❤❤❤

There's needs to be a term for the form of domestic abuse involving master and slave parading as husband and wife....

Awasome story👏👏 AWESOME!! What an brave "sheroe" Sacawagea was🙏

The indigenous people of America are so fascinating in the range and variations of their micro cultures. The Comanche were a pure warrior society. The leader was whichever warrior had the stro gest medicine or fighting spirit at the time. In contrast Lewis and Clark did nt meet hostiles in Oregon or the west coast. I read what struck the Spanish expedition into California the most was the number of bands of natives from Santa Barbera to what is now San Francisco Bay. This was 1772, they found the highest population of indigenous people in the north americas and they were incredibly pacifist. They wrote they were invited to dine wherever they went and continues resupplied by the people they encountered.

She was used and abused by men… all of them including Lewis and Clark… doubt they paid her a penny for her extraordinary gifts… She died of the white Mens disease..,and her children were torn from their native destiny… beyond tragic.

Thanks for this story, i've never heard thos much detail...hard life for an amazing young woman...

Fantastic story of a very brave women. Maks me proud that i also have indian blood in me. My qrandma and father were chateau.

Lewis and Clark also mentioned that the Mandan Indians looked just like white people, and so did the Sho-shonie Indians. There is no proof that she had a venereal disease.

What a powerful story, this is my favorite post of yours so far!

Poor girl

My husband was on the reinactment voyage (anniversary). He brought all the drugs that were used - many he had to make himself. Trip of a lifetime - miserable heat, etc - but said he'd do it again in a heartbeat! I believe their Sacajawea was a g-g-g-grandaughter (??) of the one on the expedition.

Beautiful story.

Great story!! Thank you!

Decades ago I read the novel about Sacajawea. Very intriguing story about this lady. Years later she abandoned Charbonneau and married a man from another tribe and got more children. So, she must have offspring somewhere around. 😊