Sacagawea biography for kids sacajawea costume

Quick facts for kids Sacagawea
Sacagawea (right) with Lewis and Clark at the Three Forks, mural at Montana House of Representatives
Born	May 1788 Lemhi River Valley, near present-day Salmon, Idaho, US
Died	December 20, 1812 (aged 24) or April 9, 1884 (aged 95) Kenel, South Dakota or Wyoming
Nationality	Lemhi Shoshone
Other names	Sakakawea, Sacajawea
Known for	Accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Spouse(s)	Toussaint Charbonneau
Children	2, including Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

Sacagawea (c.

1788 – c. December 20, 1812; was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who went along with the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter and guide. Lewis and Clark explored the Western United States with her, traveling thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806.

Biography

Early life

There is little information that is definitively known about Sacagawea.

At about thirteen years of age, Sacagaw