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One of the most mistold stories in American History is that of the legendary Sacajawea, a native Shoshone. At age twelve, when modern almost teens are hunting for acne scars cream and just beginning to think about dating, Sacajawea was kidnapped by an enemy raiding party, then sold as a slave to a Frenchman. He claimed her as his wife, and BOTH of them, not just the young indian girl, were hired by the Lewis and Clark expedition as guides. In spite of what is usually told, the young indian girl’s primary duties involved gathering roots and berries, for food and medication. When she gave birth to her first child on the trail, the party didn’t even slow down… she strapped the child to her back and carried on, as expected. No one is exactly sure what happened to her husband, but he did disappear. And as for Sacajawea, legend states that she died of a white man’s disease at the ripe old age of twenty four or five, around the time of her husband’s disappearance. MUCH more credible evidence says that she ACTUALLY lived to be around a hundred years old, passing away on an indian reservation sometime around 1877. Because no one really knows what version is true, there is no way to locate a gravesite.

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