Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own

Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own Story Now First Given to the World (1918)

An Indian girl, Sacagawea, the Bird Woman of the Shoshones, led the Lewis and Clark Expedition across the desert and over the difficult mountain passes to the Pacific Coast during the seasons of 1804-06. Sacagawea was the wife of an interpreter, Toussaint Charboneau. She had been taken in war by the Minnetarees in her childhood and sold as a slave to Charboneau who brought her up and afterwards married her. The story of her life has been told under the title of â€œThe Bird Woman,"' by James Willard Schultz, as he heard it from an old trapper and an Indian woman both of whom had it from Sacagaweaâ€™s own lips. She played a most important part in the most fascinating expedition of American history, and the Lewis and Clark journals record of her; â€œshe was very observant. She had a good memory, remembering locations not seen since her childhood. She rode with the men, guiding us unerringly through mountain passes and lonely places. Intelligent, cheerful, resourceful, tireless, faithful, she inspired us on." She died April 9th, l884, aged 100 years, and was buried on the Shoshone Agency Burial Ground.

The author of this work, James Willard Schultz, (1859 to 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfoot Indians. While operating a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and living amongst the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82, he was given the name "Apikuni" by the Pikuni chief, Running Crane. Schultz is most noted for his prolific stories about Blackfoot life and his contributions to the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park. Mr. Schultz is one of the last of the old-time frontiersmen, who was with a tribe of Blackfeet for years; and his books, into which he puts his rich store of memories of bygone days, have been called â€œthe best of their kind ever written.
Country USA
Author James Willard Schultz
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 270
PublicationDate 2015-05-22
ReleaseDate 2015-05-22

Country	USA
Author	James Willard Schultz
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	270
PublicationDate	2015-05-22
ReleaseDate	2015-05-22

Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own Story Now First Given to the World (1918)

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