The Carlisle independent., 1909-12-30

| were In the ShOShOne country. A lew | days later Capt. Clark, while making
 a reconnaissance, came suddenly upon
 three Indian women, whom he cap l tured. They were the first Indians
 that the party had seen since leaving | fort Mandan in April
 Following close upon the capture of the women appeared band of Sho- shone warriors, ready for battle, taking the strangers for their ancient enemies, the Blackfeet When she saw the hounted warriors approach
 ing Sacajawea danced for joy and i made sign which indicated that they
 were members of her own tribe. One
 of the captured women, when she saw Sacajawea, ran to her and threw her ! arms around her neck It was the girl who had been captured with her and who had escaped. The presence
 or the woman with the expedition con- vinced the warriors that they had not
 met war party, and barley fol- lowed.
 The description of the meeting be- tween Sacajawea and the chief of the Shoshones is as follows:
 While Sacajawea was renewing among the women the friendships of former days, Capt Clark went on,
 and was received by the chief, who,
 after the first salutations were over, conducted him to a circular tent, or shade of willows. After much cere-
 mony the smoking began. After this
 the conference was to be opened. Glad of an opportunity of being able to converse more intelligently, they sent for Sacajawea, who came into the tent sat down, and was beginning to interpret, when in the person of Cameawait, the chief, she recognized
 her brother. She instantly jumped up, and ran and embraced him, throw ing over him her blanket, and weep
 ing profusely. The chief was himself
 moved. though not in the same de- gree. After some conversation be- tween them, she resumed her seat and | attempted to interpret for us; but her new situation seemed to overpower her, and she was frequently interrupt ed by tears"
 Although the temptation to remain
 with her own people was great, Saca- jawea was loyal to her promise to guide the white men over the moun- tains, and solicited help from her brother, telling him how kind Capt Lewis and Capt. Clark had been to her, especially in her illness. Came vii fn md 1 persuaded his men to furnish horses and induced some of them to go along
 as guides.
 It was a cold, rainy day in Novem- Der before the party was able to raise
 the joyful shout which Xenophons i Greeks raised upon another historical occasion, 'Thalassa. Thalassa." The
 sea! The sea!-"the object of all
 their labors, the reward of all their anxieties Pacific.
 Sacajawea was overawed by the sight of the great water" but as
 soon as she overcame her fears her delight was unbounded, and she was wildly demonstrative.
 The expedition remained on the
 coast during the winter and 1t was not
 until the middle of March that the return journey began. In the months that followed much of their former sufferings and privations were re- peated. In July before leaving the
 mountains the expedition was divided.
 Lewis heading directly for the falls
 of the Missouri. and Clark, with ten
 men and Sacajawea, taking the more
 circuitous route to the Yellowstone
 Through all this unknown country Sacajawea led the way and brought
 her companions safely to the meeting
 place near the falls Of the Missouri.
 whence they travelled joyfully down the river to Fort Mandan, where they
 arrived in August. 1906. Here Char [ bonneau and the bird-woman bade Lewis and Clark good-by.
 Sacajawea was last heard of in 1911,
 when she and Charbonneau were met
 on the upper Missouri by the traveller Breckenridge.