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Sacagawea
- appleorchard46 2y ago> At about age 13, she was sold into a non-consensual marriage to Toussaint Charbonneau, a Quebecois trapper. I don't remember that from history class.
- MilnerRoute 2y agoI was just reading Stephen Ambrose's book about the Lewis & Clark expedition ("Undaunted Courage.") A key moment in their multi-year expedition (after surviving their first winter) was reaching the other side of the Rocky mountains and then hoping they'd be able to buy horses from a local tribe. And when they talked to the chief for that crucial negotiation, they'd realized he was related to Sacagawea...