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Sacagawea ~ Sacajawea ~ Sakakawea. The only Native American woman who served as an interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 and 1806. As a child, she had been taken by members of the Hidatsa Tribe and lived among them. Later she was sold to a French-Canadian trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau.
Scacagawa had no official role in the expedition but proved to be of great value. Lewis and Clark had hired Scacagawa's French husband as a guide for the expedition. French fur traders were familiar with the Missouri River valley as they traded with the Indians along the river for furs. Scacagawa turn out to be a much better guide than her husband.