The other account if from Shoshone oral tradition. Native tradition states that it was not Sacajawea who died in 1813, but Charbonneau's other wife. Sacajawea is said to have returned to the Shoshone and lived out her life on the Wind River Reservation. If this woman was Sacjawea, she died on April 19, 1884. A monument has been erected over a grave on the Wind River Reservation, marking it as Sacajawea's grave. It is said she is buried between Jean Baptiste and her nephew, Bazil, whom she adopted.
We will probably never know when Sacajawea died. What we do know is that she walked from Idaho to the Pacific Ocean with a baby strapped to her back. Sacajawea was a legend in her time.
If you would like to follow in Sacajawea's footsteps, join the Lewis and Clark Expedition found at the link below. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisa...
Sources:
To learn more about the Mandan Indians, please read Mary Trotter Kion's article http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1379...
The Truth About Sacajawea by Ken Thompson & Agnes Talbot
The West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s...
Lewis and Clark Timeline http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Time...
National Geographic: The Lewis and Clark Expedition http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisa...
Searching for Sacajawea http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/...
Be sure to read Jerri Booker's account of The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial in Washington State.
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