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| Statue of Sacagawea and her baby; Jean Baptiste. |
Sacagawea was born in about 1790 in what is now the state of Idaho. When Sacagawea was about twelve the Hidatsa's raided the Shoshone camp to steal horses and take prisioners. Sacagawea was captured along with a few others from her tribe. The Hidatsa's named her Sacagawea; which means ''Bird Woman''. Sacagawea was living with the Hidata's until Charbonneau bought her as a wife, a few years later her husband let Lewis and Clark take Sacagawea on there expedition, to serve as a translator and guide. When she joined the Expedition she was sixteen years old and pregnanat.
