Sacajawea: Guide and Interpreter of Lewis and Clark

by Grace Raymond Hebard

Overview

This remarkable study rescues from undeserved obscurity the name and reputation of Sacajawea — a true Native American heroine. The volume also unravels the tangled threads of her family life and traces the career of her son Baptiste (the "papoose" of the Lewis and Clark expedition). It also describes her personal traits, the significant services she rendered during the expedition and while she acted as counselor to her own people, discloses the true meaning of her name and describes her "lost years" among the Comanches. The text is enhanced with 21 illustrations, including a map, and 6 appendices containing testimonies by Indian agents, missionaries, teachers, and Shoshone tribespeople.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486421490
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	03/20/2002
Series:	Native American
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	17
	An Appreciation	25
	Introduction	27
I	With the Lewis and Clark Expedition	39
II	Charbonneau, the Interpreter	85
III	Toussaint and Baptiste	109
IV	Sacajawea among the Comanches and on the Shoshone Reservation	151
V	Sacajawea at Fort Bridger and the Reservation	181
VI	Sacajawea's Death and Burial	203
	Appendix
A	Expenditures for Toussaint and Baptiste Charbonneau	219
B	Testimony of Indian agents, missionaries, and teachers among the Shoshones	223
C	Shoshone Indian testimony	243
D	Sacajawea among the Comanches	261
E	Sacajawea's Names	283
F	Sacajawea's Memorials	295
	Bibliography	305
	Index	325

Editorial Reviews

This is the work of a (long-deceased) U. of Wyoming scholar, who traces Sacajawea's key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition. This reissue includes the foreword to the 1957 edition (the original was published in 1932, by Arthur H. Clark Co.) to accompany Indian testimonies, discussion of controversies about her name and later life, illustrations, and a partly annotated bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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