USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-06. Also called the Corps of Discovery, the expedition traveled from the northern plains through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and back.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nez Perce not only supplied the explorers with food, but also furnished guides to lead them safely across the trail. One reason the various tribes were so helpful to Lewis and Clark may have been their Indian companion, Sacagawea, and her infant son.

Detailed explanation-3: -c. 1788-c. 1812/1884? Sacagawea was an interpreter and guide for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition westward from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast.