A simple description of the nineteenth-century expedition from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean which was undertaken by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Shoshone Indian Sacagawea.
A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.
Sacagawea describes how, at the age of sixteen, she becomes part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and serves as their interpreter and guide, surviving many dangerous adventures on their trek through the wilderness.
In 1805, Sacagawea, a woman of the Shoshoni tribe, helps Meriwether Lewis and William Clark find a passage to the West Coast, in this story told through the eyes of the baby boy on Sacagawea's back.
Examines the life and actions of Sacagawea, a Native American teenager in the early 1800s who traveled with the Lewis and Clark expedition for over a year as a guide and interpreter.