Sacajawea

Chapter One

 May 2nd, 1804: Hello, My name is Sacajawea. I'm on a journey to travel the Louisiana purchase. I'm traveling with William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, my "husband" Toussaint Charbonneau, and my baby Jean Baptiste Charbonneau(AKA Pomp) pomp was born in the year of 1805, the expedition started in the year of 1804.

     As I stood by the pond men in the crew were trying to get the foxtails out of seaman the dogs ears. I watched as the dog tried to run away, he did not like foxtails at all, I didn't either.

     That same day.Before lunch I went to explore the woods, I made sure I stayed close to camp. I thought to myself about the day I was kidnapped by the Hidatsa men and was sold as a slave to Toussaint Charbonneau and had a baby with him in 1805, it wasn't exactly my choice to have a baby with him, but I still love my baby pomp with all my heart even if his father is not the love of my life. My "husband" also had a baby with another Shoshone woman around the same time I had a baby, she is not apart of the expedition, in fact, I'm the only woman on this expedition.

"Sacajawea!" Clark said with worry in his voice. I raced back to camp like I was running from a grizzly bear. "Yes?" I said as I was panting from all that running. "Lunch is ready," said Clark. " Okay good,"I replied, I was relieved to hear that it was lunch, and nothing to worry about.For lunch we had eggs and peas, I love both of those things. The crew and I went fishing in the nearby lake, we caught salmon and much more fish, I caught five fish. We cooked them and that was our dinner, fish, and peas.

As soon as night fell I was dead asleep, nothing could wake me up that night, not even the scary owl hoots. It was a long boring night I don't remember my dreams, If I did I would have written to you that. Suddenly I heard a loud yelling noise. It woke up the rest of the crew too. It was a native American tribe. They were headed towards us. Lewis asked to see their chief, the chief was a very nice man, no one in that tribe was mean they were all kind and friendly. Lewis traded them a handful of beads for chicken, I already knew what we were going to eat tomorrow.

May 3rd,1804: That morning, as I predicted earlier, we had chicken and leftover peas for breakfast. That day it was muggy, hot, and humid. There were flies in everyone's face. The weather was horrible, my feet burned in the dirt. The sharp rocks scratched the souls of my feet. We walked a long way.

     That same day, we walked almost a mile. I wasn't super tired, just a little tired, on the other hand, all the men were huffing and puffing like they just ran five miles. We took a nice and long water break. We went back to walking some people put all their heavy materials in the covered wagon

That same day, by the time we were ready for lunch, it was past lunchtime, it was the evening we had chicken and peas, the same thing we had for breakfast. We took another long water break, half of the time we talked about how much we wanted to get finished with our Louisiana purchase exposition, the other half drank water. Lewis drank wine for pleasure, he drank water too because nothing with alcohol can hydrate you.

That same day, at dinner it was super close to bedtime. We had the same thing as lunch, chicken, and peas. We were heading towards the Missouri River, our keelboat was ready to be put in the water. A keelboat is a long narrow boat normally used on rivers. It was fun to ride on any boat, for me especially the keelboat.

May 4th, 1804: Captain Lewis is standing in the front of the keelboat with a rifle in his hand, I have no clue on what he's planning on shooting with it. As we set sail on the Missouri River, the wind started to blow very hard at us. Seaman, the dog, started to bark as if the wind were a squirrel. The wind was okay because we have been facing some hot weather, a little bit of cold was fine. On the other hand, the men didn't like the little bit of wind at all. They looked at me as if I were crazy for not complaining about the to "harsh" wind.

That same day, That night on the keelboat my worst fear was for all of us to sink, I sat up and whispered to myself that we were not going to sink, I was still as scared as a fly in a spiders web.

May 5th, 1804: That morning we woke up in the same spot we went to bed at, the keelboat didn't move a muscle. I was glad of that, I guess my prayers came true.

My journal entry has come to an end I will write in my book of adventures in the year of 1805.

August 15, 1804: Hello, it's me, Sacajawea again. Though it is not the year of 1805, I have important news. Sergeant Charles Floyd is ill. He has a horrible stomach ache. "He won't live much longer," said Captain Lewis with worry in his voice.

August 20, 1804: Poor Sergeant Charles Floyd, he is gone, dead, passed on. He died on a hill today. We named the hill, Floyd.

August 21, 1804: Everyone is still sad about Sergeant Charles Floyd death. I am most upset about the weather.It's burning hot out here, the dirt is burning my feet, and the sharp rocks are cutting through the souls of my feet.

September 1, 1804: We hunted buffalo, we only got one. It was worth it though. I fell asleep at midnight last night, I couldn't fall asleep to owl hoots and snoring.

September 2, 1804: Yawn! I woke up to the smell of buffalo and eggs, I already knew what we were going to have for breakfast. We walked for a long time, I'm not sure how long we walked, but I know we walked for a long time.Lucky it wasn't blazing hot outside, It was windy, and there were long strands of grass.

September 3, 1804: Today, I found a prairie dog! Prairie dogs are so cute, they live in holes and pop in and out of them. I think that the prarie dog is the cutest animal I have seen on this trip.

September 4, 1804: Today has been a sad rainy day. We haven't really done anything today, except for sitting around and complaining.

December 21, 1804: Today, we are at Fort Mandan. I am very sorry I haven't been writing much lately, I was very busy. Fort Mandan is a very simple home. There is one room for Lewis, Clark, my "husband", pomp, and me. The other room is for the rest of the crew.

December 22, 1804: Snow snow everywhere, in the summer I was praying for snow since it was hot, now I am praying for sun because it is so cold. Here is a quote from William Clark about the Mandan Indians "Brave, humane, and hospitable, the most friendly Indians" Quote William Clark.

December 23, 1804: Today I am so happy, you know why! We got buffalo, I know, I know, most people wouldn't be as happy as me for buffalo, but we haven't eaten in days, I need something to fill up my stomach.