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Sacajawea: Captain Lewis
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On their return journey, Lewis and Clark would part ways at Traveller's Rest, Lewis heading north through Blackfeet territory and Clark travelling south with Sacajawea and the majority of the Corps down through the Bitterroot Valley once more. The mountain creeks, swollen with snow melt, were Clark's most difficult obstacle, and several horses were washed downstream in the crossings. On July 4th, 1806, Clark and his company stopped for lunch and recorded their celebratory attitudes as they spent Independence Day in the shadow of the beautiful Bitterroot Mountains.
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After the expedition's completion, Lewis and Clark named a river "Sacajawea" in her honor. From here, her story becomes unclear. One account states that Sacajawea died of a fever at age 25. However, native accounts, especially Shoshone oral history, recall Sacajawea living a full life up to age 96.
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Larry ... interacts with a host of historical figures, like President Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Native American scout Sacajawea (Mizuo Peck), explorers Lewis (Martin Christopher) and Clark (Martin Sims). But don't expect much depth and you won't be disappointed by this special effects-driven adventure, because the basic idea, here, is to keep the tykes in the targeted demographic endlessly occupied.
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Novelists certainly seize on this differing degree of consideration for Sacajawea to drive the romantic storyline. Her love for the captains grows from her admiration for their mission. Emmons describes how Sacajawea?s « heart was singing, her face alight with worship for these white men going to her people, going to send traders to them, going to free them from hunger and fear. » (Emmons 106) The seductive effect of Manifest Destiny on Sacajawea is illustrated by another expedition novel commonplace, the naming scene in which the captains insist on giving Sacajawea the honor of having an American name :
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While most of the news stories and web biographies of this now-more-famous woman spell her name Sacajawea, the original spelling during the Lewis and Clark expedition was with a "g" not a "j": Sacagawea. The sound of the letter is a hard "g" so it's hard to understand how the change came to be.
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