Sacagawea and the American Frontier
Sacagawea was a Native American Shoshone Indian woman whose contribution to one of the greatest expeditions to the west of the United States has turned her in a respected character for all North American people. She became an invaluable member of the expedition, her courage and knowledge of native p...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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| Online Access: | http://nas.ucuenca.edu.ec/BibliotecaDigital/ebooks/tli234.pdf |
| Summary: | Sacagawea was a Native American Shoshone Indian woman whose contribution to one of the greatest expeditions to the west of the United States has turned her in a respected character for all North American people. She became an invaluable member of the expedition, her courage and knowledge of native plants, languages, and terrains contributed to the success of the Lewis and Clark´s expedition. She served as a guide, as, as a diplomat, as a symbol of peace, and an interpreter. She was the only person in the group who could speak Shoshone and Hidatsa, and she also could understand different native dialects. Sacagawea distinguished herself throughout her life by her leadership, common sense, and adaptability in spite of the fact that her presence initially didn´t like to the men who were part of the expedition, but at last she proved herself and the explorers to be a capable and a brave woman of that time |
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| Physical Description: | CD 18 cm |
| Bibliography: | incl. ref. |