Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone or Hidatsa woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea
Sacagawea (right) with Lewis and Clark at the Three Forks, mural at Montana House of Representatives
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1918) by Charles Marion Russell. Lewis and Clark reach the Shoshone camp led by Sacagawea.
Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia by Charles Marion Russell. A painting of the Expedition depicting Sacagawea with arms outstretched
Sakakawea obelisk at the believed site of her death, Mobridge, South Dakota, 2003
Fort Mandan was the name of the encampment which the Lewis and Clark Expedition built for wintering over in 1804–1805. The encampment was located on the Missouri River approximately twelve miles from
Winter view of reconstructed Fort Mandan, North Dakota
Interior yard of the replica of Fort Mandan, North Dakota
Lewis and Clark's room at the reconstructed fort