As a young girl, Sacajawea was separated from her family when she was captured by a band of Minnetaree warriors and taken to be their slave. Several years later, she was boutght by a French fur trader to be his wife. Then in 1804, when she was only sixteen years old, Sacajawea met Lewis and Clark. She helped guide this explorers through unchared terrain of the western United States.
As a young girl, Sacajawea was separated from her family when she was captured by a band of Minnetaree warriors and taken to be their slave. Several years later, she was boutght by a French fur trader to be his wife. Then in 1804, when she was only sixteen years old, Sacajawea met Lewis and Clark. She helped guide this explorers through unchared terrain of the western United States.
Recounts the life story of the Native American woman, Sacajawea, who was taken as a slave when she was a girl, then later sold as a wife to a French fur trader, and who eventually guided Lewis and Clark as they explored the western United States.
