Purportedly, some of these encounters were initiated by the natives as a means to transfer some benefit of manly prowess from the expedition. https://www.theme

Purportedly, some of these encounters were initiated by the natives as a means to transfer some benefit of manly prowess from the expedition. https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/bar-room-banter-sex-on-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/bar-r... Though I do wonder how many "offered wives" were slaves of the tribe. We know that Sacagewea was a slave who was sold as a wife to a French trapper.