c.1788 – Sacagawea was born in Lemhi County, Idaho. She belonged to the Agaidika band of the Northern Shoshone tribe also known as Snake Indians. c.1800 – In a confrontation between the Hidatsas and Sacagawea’s tribe, the Shoshones, Sacagawea and other young women were kidnapped. The Hidatsas sold Sacagawea to French Canadian fur-trader, Toussaint Charbonneau, who made her one of his wives. July 4, 1803 – The U.S. government announced the acquisition of new land in the northwest know as the Louisiana Purchase. Summer 1803 – President Jefferson ordered the Corps of Discovery, led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, to explore the newly acquired lands in the American Northwest. Fall/Winter 1803 – Lewis and Clark set up Camp Wood in Illinois for the new recruits of the Corps of Discovery. …show more content…
November 2, 1804 – The expedition settled for the winter in the land of the Mandans and Hidatsas in present day North Dakota. They set up Fort Mandan named after the Mandan Indians. November 4, 1804 – Lewis and Clark met Toussaint Charbonneau and hired him as their Hidatsa interpreter. Sacagawea would accompany her husband in the journey as she spoke the Shoshone language. Sacagawea was pregnant. February 11, 1805 – Sacagawea gave birth to a baby boy named Jean Babtiste (“Pompy”). The birth was assisted by Lewis. April 7, 1805 – The expedition leaved Fort Mandan. Sacagawea, with 55days old Jean Babtiste in her arms, accompanied the expedition in a journey that would cover 5,000 miles or 8,000 km and last 16 months. Sacagawea started sharing her knowledge of local food. May 14, 1805 – A wind storm almost overturned one of the expedition’s boats. They lost some medicine, gun powder, garden seeds and culinary articles. Sacagawea acted fast and caught most of the lighter articles such as research notes, books and