Plentywood herald., 1932-11-24

Suddenly. a war party Of HidaiSs
eore down unon the ean1p. There w-aS
little time fnr defense or FIGHT Saea<a.
~ea found herself On a hor~e-one ri
The ShoShonl horSes-racEn~ back 10
lie HidatSa camp between guards
She was trophy Of the raid. Just a
We're The horses and the Shnshoui
sealps.
6harftnnnfau.-aZ Trssrsa u Ia J.. n
soyaseur living among the Hidatsa.
saw the quiet captive maiden She
seemed strong. she Was modest AMI
| pretty as Indian girls go. he bought
her To add to his household. wife
and slave combined What Saca-a.ea
| thought. We will never know- Perhaps
she Was pleased fo be- chosen by a
white man. perhaps she remembered
longingiy some youth at the Shoshori
camp She did not say she quietly as
sumed her new duties
Then Lewis and Clark came TO the
village on their famous expedition and
Engaged Gharbonneau as u guide and
interpreter Sara-awea went aEon= fo
attend her husband. but by and by the
white men noticed that ii was the
woman who knew the war. ard the
woman who could speak the many In
dian tongues The cowarslfr charban-
| neau was just another greedy month
worthless braa@art. xho talked mnrh
but did little.
A. they aseenhei the Missouri river.
amid adventures with bears and ether
unpleasant happenings. nm accident
occurred which pqriled the very life
Of their expedition. Tharssonneau was
af the helm of canoe containing pa
pers. Instruments medicines. ard n
| most every article INDISPENSABLE for
fhe success Of our enterprise A
sguali came nn. and the h0af turned
partly around The Guide Losing his
head. managed to aInsnsf overt1rn the
craft. and many of the rrecions ~un-
tents were spilled into the river The
leaders we're on Sf6~e. The men fn the
boat were busy trying 10 right her
What could save 1he valuable car=es
Let the explorer himself answer.
The Indian woman fo whom | ~
cribe equal fortitude and reseEutiow
with any person ON hoard eau-hf
and preserved most of the articles
which were washed overheard
This was only one of the dangers
encountered on the LONG fraiL There
were turbulent rivers, foods. danger
Gus rocks. wild and fierce animals
Through them NIL Sara-awea- her finv
hahy on her hack or i'm her arms. pz-
fientIy made her war Th~ LITTLE fed
low seemed TO take his zdventurnuS
entry into life sc matter nf rpErrxp
ard somehow we are glad that he waS
along He was care. nf course. and
added anoffler F0 fF1e burdens wHsIck
Sacagawea must hear And yet. there
were moments when she could hold
him close and lore hirn- beautiful HIT
tie fnferEudes i'm the aon~. rerflous
journey. when her haby-s bright eyes
gave her nPw courage
The first hand OF fine SssnSasunf had
heen reached The chief came tn we4-
come his white visitors. and Sarzsa-
wea was sent out to meet him m fn-
ferrreter- No doubt she had wondered
If she would know any on hix hand.
and it must have surprised her to s~r
her brother Mt its head Lewis wrote
afterward. however. that she showed
no emotion at the meeting Why stnuEd
she? Life was cramrned with adven-
lures. dangers. and surprises for her
This was just one more experience fe
he endured
Their meeting came about .s an
hour of great need for the expedition
Horses and supplies we're fndispens-
able Without the good words sysokers
for Them by Saragawea. they might
not have obtained either. but <h~
rannseIed her brother to help the err
piorers. and they were enable to 60
on across the divide
On the return journey. the resource
full woman again saved them CzrkTS
party was lost In the mountain passes
OF Montana. Sut she guided then f@
safety
When they reached the Shosheni in
Wyoming. she stopped Here was the
end Of the trail for her These were
her people, and although xhe had he<m