Sacagawea

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Sacagaweas Journey
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Word Knowledge

• Line 1 explore explorers exploring exploration
• Line 2 curtain campfire crime contact command
• Line 3 afternoon homecoming hailstones rainstorm
• Line 4 plain plane waist waste herd
• Sentence 1 The exploration party buried a cache
  of food near the campfire.
• Sentence 2 The explorers made contact with the
  captain.
• Sentence 3 This afternoon there was a shower of
  hailstones outside.
• Sentence 4 From the window of the plane, we
  could see the river winding through the campfire.

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Background Information

• Biography
• Lewis and Clark expedition began in 1804 at the
  Mississippi River in St. Louis
• Corp reached the Pacific Ocean in September 23,
  1806
• Clark published Lewiss journal after he died
• Sacagawea was part of the Shoshone tribe and
  married a fur trader named Toussaint Charbonneau
• Sacagawea and her family were hired as
  interpreters and guides to help the expedition
• Sacagaweas face appears on the one-dollar coin

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Provisions

• Supplies such as food, water, and medicine

NOUN
Singular Provision
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The act of carrying boats over land when water
passage is dangerous or impossible

• (V) Portaged
• (V) Portaging

PORTAGE
NOUN
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Capable

• (N) Capability
• (Adv) Capably

• Skilled or able to do something well

ADJECTIVE
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Desperation
NOUN

• A hopeless feeling when you are ready to try
  anything to help the situation

• (Adj) Desperate
• (Adv) Desperately

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Scouting

• When someone on a journey is going ahead to look
  for information

(N) A Scout (V) To Scout
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Comprehension Questions

• Why was it hard to travel on the Missouri River?
• How did Lewis chart their route?
• Why was the trip important to Sacagawea?
• Why did Sacagawea look at the moccasins?
• Why was the Missouri River such a challenge
• How did Sacagawea help?
• Why did they leave the red pirogue?
• How did they help Sacagawea to feel better?
• Who took Sacagawea away from the Shoshone?
• What do the Shoshone call their land?

1. They traveled upstream.

2. He used the stars to chart.
3. She was returning to her homeland where she
had been taken from as a child.
4. She checked to see what tribe they belonged
to.
5. The river branched off in many directions and
they didnt know which one to take.
6. She knew the land and how to find food.
7. They had too much to carry.
8. They gave her mineral water.
9. A Hidatsa warrior took her.
10. They call it Shining Mountains.