The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21

she was captured when q little girl
by 4 parfy Of hunting Indians and
brought to the shores Of the Mis-
souri, and adopted into her captor's
family: how she and her friend
were won by Charbonneau In q
gambling game.
Some historians give the French
man credit for marrying her, but
this In doubtful. Marriage cere-
monies in those days were unneces-
sary and were too binding to most
frontiersmen.
n~r,sI n,.n.te6
mt what hspnered n h.r .f,.r
the rewis ana Clark expedition left
the country q atm an un.olved
mvsterv. Evan her children have
been lost in the pages Of time. The
boy whom she carried with her all
the way to the coast and back
was taken to st. Louis and edu-
Gated by Captain Clark. but after
that the trail Ia again lost.
The United States government
recognises hsr grave a. being IN
Wyoming and has built . monu-
ment to her there. The con-
tention IL that she died Of old age
about the time Washington be-
came . state.
However. the man who did the
Investigation for the government
ana II responsible for the monu-
ment being placed there, frankly
admits that his evidence was
scanty. But he had to bury her
somewhere, his commission said,
%. having tracked her that far
ana losing the trail, he thought Il
was ~ good q place a any.
Mavh. HaH. STATE,
Then there was the old woman
some distance north of Bismarck
who, some years ago, made appli.
cation for government help, claim
ing to BE- the daughter Of SAGA
jawea, or Sakakawea. At first her
claim created something Of furore
among historians, for she seemed
to have some very interesting old
papers In her possession.
However, interest died when she
was unable to tell anything about
her purported mother or where the
latter was buried. She might have
Neen sincere in her belief. though,
for it was later proved that she
was . daughter Of Charbonneau
by another wife-he had three
and It might have been that she
was the daughter Of the other
Shoshoni girl who was captured at
the same time and who, too, was
won By the Frenchman.
Death Recorded
The strongest claim for the p;ra
woman. rrave a made nv south
Dakota ana their evidence 1. cer-
tain,v tia most Conclusive of an
"a far
A fe,v v..r go .or,. n,,..
north az nfobridre wer. found the
ruins az one a. Manual Lisa's forts.
Tn6sv ~. chsrr.d rern.rt. q, IN.
fort are still visible though the
spot IL 70 overrrown with weeds
and infested with snakes that ex-
ploration 10 something Of an sd-
venture.
A diary belonging TO John G.
Luttir was found. and from its
pages the state bases its claim to
SAGA iawea. He was Lisa's chief
clerk ana everything that went on
in thu fort was set down by him.
On Dec. 20. 1917. Luttig wrote:
iris evening the wife Of
Charbenneau. : Snake sauaw.
diea q . putrsd fever. shs
was = rod ana the hest wom-
n N t. Fort. AIRED aAeut Is
years. So Nm : fsne infant
s,s1.s
That was the first clue to def
nitelv point toward the last rest
inr place Of the illustrious Indian
maid.
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