‘The Lost Journals of Sacajewea’

Legacy of Shoshone woman as guide and translator with Lewis and Clark presented in unusual format.

Sacagawea on the far right right holding her child in a red blanket. “Lewis and Clark reach the Shoshone camp led by Sacagawea,” 1918, by Charles Marion Russell. Gilcrease Museum. Public Domain

For the most part, the history of the American West is populated with the heroics of adventuresome men. While we know little about her, one woman stands out in near mythic proportion. Her name was Sacajewea and the legacy she leaves is as an intrepid guide and proficient translator on the Corps of Discovery Expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

Detail of "Lewis & Clark at Three Forks" mural in lobby of Montana House of Representatives. Public Domain