... , Lewis and Clark met a French-Canadian trapper that lived among the Mandans named Toussaint Charbonneau. Marcovitz, author of "Sacagawea: Guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition," communicates that Charbonneau offered to come along on the expedition as a cook and interpreter and he was given the job after explaining that he could speak the Hidatsa language (6). Charbonneau had a wife named Sacagawea who was only fifteen years old ... name was pronounced "Sacagawea" meaning "Bird Woman" instead of the original "Sacajawea" meaning "Boat Pusher." Sacagawea and Charbonneau both wanted to c...

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