Title: Picture Book of Sacagawea
First published: 2000
Description: A Shoshone girl is captured, works as a slave, and is sold as a second wife. She, her husband, and their baby son accompany explorers Lewis and Clark. Sacagawea finds edible plants and rescues supplies during a storm. When she interprets in Shoshone territory, she is reunited with her brother. Through the rest of the expedition, her presence tells other tribes that the explorers come in peace. They reach the Pacific Ocean and stay for the winter before returning. Sacagawea is honored as a brave companion.
Subjects: Sacagawea, juvenile literature, Sacagawea, Lewis and clark expedition (1804-1806), juvenile literature, Lewis and clark expedition (1804-1806), Indians of north america, juvenile literature, Indians of north america, biography, Women, biography, Indians of North America, Shoshoni Indians, Pictorial works, Shoshoni women, Juvenile literature, Biography, Women
Places: Missouri River, Pacific Ocean, Fort Mandan, St. Louis, Continental Divide, Rocky Mountains, Fort Clatsop
People: Sacagawea, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
Time periods: 1788-1806
LC classification: F592.7.S123 A3 2000