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12/100 - Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Sacajawea is another historical novel that I adore. It comes in at a whopping 1400+ pages but I found the read worth the time. It is the story of the young woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the lands in the west all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It's a story of a new country as well as the moving story of an Indian girl.
Sacajawea was the daughter of a Shoshoni chief before she was captured and made a slave in another tribe. She was won in a game by a white trader and ended up as one of his several Indian women. He joins Lewis and Clark as a guide and insists on taking Sacajawea, who is pregnant at the the time.
Ms. Waldo uses the known history of Sacajawea, though she does depart from the common thought that she died at 24. There is some evidence in oral tradition that Sacajawea lived many years with the Comanche then returned to the Shoshoni after her Comanche husband died.
This book is an adventure from first to last and I recommend it if you're interested in the subject at all!
Sacajawea was the daughter of a Shoshoni chief before she was captured and made a slave in another tribe. She was won in a game by a white trader and ended up as one of his several Indian women. He joins Lewis and Clark as a guide and insists on taking Sacajawea, who is pregnant at the the time.
Ms. Waldo uses the known history of Sacajawea, though she does depart from the common thought that she died at 24. There is some evidence in oral tradition that Sacajawea lived many years with the Comanche then returned to the Shoshoni after her Comanche husband died.
This book is an adventure from first to last and I recommend it if you're interested in the subject at all!