Before Sacajawea was part of the Lewis and Clark expedition she had a very hectic life. Sacajawea was originally from the Shoshone Native American tribe. As a teenager Sacajawea was kidnapped from her tribe by a Hidasta raiding tribe. After she was kidnapped her named was changed to Sacajawea, which means “bird woman”. Her name before she was kidnapped his unknown. Before she was kidnapped she was married to a Shoshone man around the age of 13 or 14. Later on a French-Canadian traitor named Toussaint Charbonneau married Sacajawea. Sacajawea is estimated to have met Lewis and Clark around the age 17 to 19.
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