Sacagawea: The Shoshone Interpreter of the Corps of Discovery
Recruitment at Fort MandanSacagawea entered the expedition record indirectly, through her husband. On November 4,…
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Women
Analyses (4)
View allSacagawea’s Capture Site and a Captain Lost Among Beaver Dams
1805-07-30The entries for July 30, 1805, ascending Jefferson's River from the Three Forks, reveal a…
The Shoshone Nation: Sacagawea’s People and the Horse Trade
Introduction: A Nation Long AnticipatedLong before Lewis and Clark ever laid eyes on a Shoshone…
Toussaint Charbonneau: The Interpreter Who Brought Sacagawea
IntroductionToussaint Charbonneau appears in the journals of Lewis and Clark less as a celebrated figure…
Art (4)
View allIndian Family with Travois
Russell's watercolor depicts a Plains Indian family in transit, their belongings lashed to a travois…
Indian Scouting Party
Russell's watercolor depicts a small group of mounted Indian scouts in an open landscape, the…
Indian Women Moving
Charles M. Russell's Indian Women Moving depicts a Plains Indian family group on the march…
Sun Worship in Montana
Russell's Sun Worship in Montana shows a lone Plains Indian man, mounted on a light-colored…
