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Leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Was a captain in the military and Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary Led expedition along the Missouri River.

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2 Leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Was a captain in the military and Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary Led expedition along the Missouri River

3 Became co-leader of the Corps of Discovery in 1803 Studied astronomy and map making Appointed by Jefferson to become the primary Indian agent of the Louisiana territory

4 Daughter of Shoshone Indian chief Translator and navigator for the Corps of Discovery Name means “Bird woman”

5 Began with Lewis and Clark leading the way up the Missouri River in 1803 Stopped in Mandan for the winter (present day North Dakota) Met Toussaint Charbonneau and his wife Sacagawea

6 Reach the Rocky Mountains where Sacagawea meets her brother. Sacagawea helps the Corps get through the Bitterroot Mountains Make it to the Pacific coast in 1805

7  Information gathered from http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/1800_1820.htm http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/1800_1820.htm  Photo of Lewis: Peale, Charles Willson (Painter). (1807). Meriweather Lewis[Painting]. Retrieved November 30, 2011, from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a /a6/Meriweather_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg/220px- Meriweather_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg  Photo of Clark: Charles Willson Peale (Painter). (1810). William Clark [painting] Retrieved November 30, 2011, from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6 /66/William_Clark-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg/245px- William_Clark-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg  Photo of Sacagawea: [Untitled photograph of Sacagawea]. Retrieved November 30,2012, from: http://buildingbridges.yolasite.com/resources/Sacagawea.jpg


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