The Truth About Sacajawea's Death

After President Thomas Jefferson made the enormous Louisiana Purchase in 1803, he needed someone to go check out what he had just bought. So, he sent explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, along with a party of other men. However, there was another person on the journey who truly did much of the hard work.

That was Sacajawea, a Shoshone woman who guided Lewis and Clark through the territory. The details of her life and death are disputed to this day, as there are multiple grave markers with her name. According to one account, she died in 1812, but another puts her death in 1884 - a pretty drastic difference. Let’s take a look at the truth about Sacajawea’s death.

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