Good Times in America
by Katren Hepworth
A report on Sacagawea
America has its downfalls, and its good times. I am going to tell you about one woman, who made a daring trip across America. Her name was Sacagawea. I will take you back in time about 200 years ago, to the April of 1805. Where our Heroine, at about the age of 16, was married.Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman, captured, and set free. She married a French-Canadian fur trapper. Surprisingly, he was three times her age! Sacagawea’s husband was named Toussaint Charbonneau. Charbonneau, having recently hired by two men, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark, had to leave on an expedition across America to learn more about the land, going to the pacific ocean and back. Now, to really understand Sacagawea, you need to know how she got here. At the age of twelve, she went out to the field with her friend, Willow Woman, to pick berries. Sacagawea’s real name was not Sacagawea; it was Grass Maiden. So, Willow woman, and Grass Maiden went to pick berries, and suddenly, to their horror, and amazement, Hidatsa warriors, coming for the Shoshone horses, came past a creak in the middle of the field! The woman tried to hide, but got caught! In the end, Willow Woman escaped, and Grass maiden was renamed Sacagawea, or Bird Woman. Sacagawea was taken far from home, and a man named Charbonnue, won her as a wife. This is where our story takes place. Two men, Lewis and Clark, having been told to explore the Louisiana Purchase, set off. In 1808, Charbonnue was hired into Lewis and Clark’s crew. Through the very cold winter, The Mandans and the Hidatsas let Lewis and Clark stay in their cabins. On Christmas, Sacagawea was watching the men dance and drink Brandy. She was very amused! One day, Sacagawea had a baby boy. Lewis wrote in his journal that the labor was hard, and painful. So much so, that Sacagawea had to eat two crunched up rings from a rattlesnake’s tail! Within one hour, the baby was born. He was named Jean Baptiste, but Sacagawea called him Pomp. For the rest of the winter, the men chopped the ice off the canoes that lined the water, the fix the holes. Finally, spring arrived, and the men made their final goodbyes, Charbonnue decided to take Sacagawea with him. Finally, she was going home. The trip took a long time. They went by canoe across a river. The canoes where filled with boxes and boxes of information, and they all fell overboard! Sacagawea had Pomp on her back, and she decided to reach out, and grab the boxes! She only got a few, but she saved the explorers lots of money! Then, one morning, they where exploring, and a flash flood started! They ran up to a mountain rock and huddled. Some men where not lucky, they died in all the water, and hail. On Monday, July 22 1805, Sacagawea made it to a Shoshone camp! It had no one in it, at that moment, but, then a woman walked up to Sacagawea, arms open wide, and they embraced each other in a hug. This was Willow Woman! She was married, and had a few children! Lewis and Clark went to see the chief, but they needed Sacagawea to intemperate. Sacagawea was about to say something, but then stopped, and ran to the chief. It was her older brother, Cameawait! Cameawait decided to trade horses with the explorers. They set off. They reached a camp of Indians. And they where able to ask for them to take care of their horses! A few months later, they reached the Pacific Ocean. Their quest was complete. Pomp got sick, and almost died, but Clark saved him! They went back to their old winter cabins. Sacagawea said goodbye to the explorers. Clark offered to adopt Pomp and take him to school. Sacagawea said no. Pomp was way to young. Two years later, Sacagawea moved to a farm. But Charbonnue did not like it, so they became traders. In 1812, news went around that Charbonnue’s young wife had died of a fever. People said that it was not Sacagawea who died, it was another one of Charbonnue’s wives. And Sacagawea went to live with another tribe. Many years later, an old woman came to the Shoshone people. And she talked about the voyage, but, she had a picture of the president. People say that that this was Sacagawea, and if this is so, that means Sacagawea lived to be over one hundred! Sacagawea is now dead, but we honor her with a coin with an engraved picture of her. I hope that this report will help you see how wonderful Sacagawea truly was. Thank you.Giving you news for three years!
The year is almost over! I stare a my calender, thinking how can this year be almost done? It seems like it just began, and now it is almost done! Wow!Caeley, the sideline's author, is turnng ten on November 28! And my three year pen pal, is turning twelve on November 8! So, I am wishing them both a happy birthday!
There is also another Birthday coming this november 12! The Kazette's birthday!
I am proud to announce that I donated ten inches of my hair to locks of love! I did it with my older sister Tiffany! I now have shoulder length hair, and Tiff has it just above the shoulder! School started on the forth of September, and even I have gone to school for a while! I have found two bible verses of the month, one is fitting for school, work, and life. The second one is for Thanksgiving! And, the recipes of the month are from our family cookbook, and I love Pecans, and Pumpkin Pie! So, I welcome you to explore the Kazette, see past articles, send in stories, buy books written by me, send in stories, hear when more books come out, send in stories, and, find help with your computers and buy my Dad's music (while sending in stories)! Like last november, we made a leaf pile in our back yard! This year, the leaf pile mistress is a little girl who helped make the pile! Two months ago, I had an article called MISSING, and I wanted to say, we are not investigating this any further. Sorry. I went to the zoo on the September 8, and saw loads of things! I saw a butterfly house, and a tiger butterfly flew on my hat! All the people around me where exclaiming, "Look! That girl has a butterfly on her hat! Oh! Man! It flew off!" I was trying to see it, but I could not. I then went to the bird exhibit, and saw some cute pink birds sitting in a tree in the middle of the large exhibit! I saw lions, tigers, and bears! See my family member's web site to see pictures! Caeley and I finished A Series of Unfortunate Events By Lemony Snicket!
Humor!
Why couldn't the little boy go in to see the pirate movie?It was rated "Arrrr"! What's a pirate's favorite fast-food restaurant?
Arrrr-by's! How much does it cost a pirate to get his ears pierced?
A buck-an-ear! (A buccaneer!) What's a pirate's favorite cookie?
Ship's Ahoy! Why did the pirate's phone go beep beep beep beep?
'Cause he left it off the hook! What does Santa Pirate say?
Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum! What is a pirate always looking for even though it's right behind him?
His booty! I really want to know what is happening in your life, so tell me some news that you want in the paper, it might make it on the Kazette! Thank you for reading the Kazette! Read more next month! Happy Happy Happy Thanksgiving! This will count for October and November's issue.