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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lewis and Clark hired a French trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau to act as a guide on their expedition. Between 1804 and 1806, they were accompanied by Charbonneau and his wife. What was her name and background?
A
She was Queen Alliquippa of the Seneca.
B
She was Pocahontas of the Powhatan.
C
She was Princess Liliuokalani of the Kānaka Maoli.
D
She was Sacagawea of the Shoshone.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived at the Mandan-Hidatsa villages and built Fort Mandan to spend the winter of 1804–05, they hired Charbonneau as an interpreter to accompany them to the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charbonneau was asked to join the expedition as a translator. While Charbonneau could speak French and some Hidatsa, Lewis and Clark were more enthusiastic about having two Shoshone women join them.

Detailed explanation-3: -USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) proudly bears the name of Sacagawea, the Shoshone Native American girl who acted as guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the Northwest region of the United States. Sacagawea was born in circa 1786.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sacagawea was either 16 or 17 years old when she joined the Corps of Discovery. She met Lewis and Clark while she was living among the Mandan and Hidatsa in North Dakota, though she was a Lemhi Shoshone from Idaho.

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