SACAJAWEA OR SACAGAWEA
Which is the correct spelling of her name?
Such an important person to all mankind and the name is spelled differently by who ever you talk to.
According to her husband Toussaint Charbonneau, her name meant bird woman.
She was captured in Idaho at the age of 12 and brought to the Hidatsa people, then sold to him when she was 14 or 15. Could Charbonneau or the Hidatsa people have missed spelled her name?
Sacajawea could not spell so she would not have known which way it was spelled.
Western States spell her name Sacajawea which means boat launcher.
In Clark’s journal entry dated, April 7, 1805, he rendered her name as Sah-kah-gar-wea. Other say he used the g instead of j when he wrote about her.
I believe her name to be spelled Sacajawea because she was born to the Idaho Shoshone tribe.
The most popular spelling for what ever reason is Sacagawea.
We owe it to the most famous Indian heroine to at least spell her name correctly.
Sacajawea’s story will change depending upon the account you are reading, the part of the country you’re in and what the author of the story believes.
The minted US dollar coin also spells her name Sacagawea, when it was minted; they went with the most common usage.
So much mystery surrounds this woman, what is the correct spelling of her name? Were did she die? Where is she buried?
Seem everyone wants a piece of her.
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