May+K.+-+I+am+Sacagawea

I am Sacagawea. While I was researching, I didn't know a lot about her. I only knew that she traveled with Lewis and Clark in the Western United States. Lewis and Clark was traveling through Western US to know about the land. When I was researching about Sacagawea's early life, I felt sorry for her because she was kidnapped by Hidatsa tribe when she was only about 12 years old. Also, she was sold by the tribe at the betting game to Charbonneau, who already had another wife. From this fact, I got curious about why she wouldn't have ran away from Charbonneau if she was taken during a betting game. Even when she met her brother, the chief of Shoshone tribe, she did not stay with him. Did she like Charbonneau for real? or was she threatened? But as I kept on researching, I realized that she wasn't paid at all when Charbonneau was paid with $25 million. As a matter of fact, she contributed more to the Corps of Discovery by finding edible plants and by helping them to buy horses from the Shoshone tribe. I researched for the answer, but the answer was not provided. However, my thoughts are that she was actually a slave owned by Charbonneau who was sold at the betting game. And that might be the reason why she could not receive any money.

**Why wasn't she paid for her enormous effort after the Expedition?**
=Time Line=

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=Primary Sources=

[|Clark and Lewis Journal Entry] - [|November 4th: the first day Sacagawea and the corps of discovery met] - [|November 5th: the day the corps of discovery hired Charbboneau and Sacagawea]

[|Journal Excerpts(September 21st,1804~March 15th, 1085)]

November 5th