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sacagawea

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also Sacajawea , name of the Shoshoni woman who accompanied the Lewis & Clark expedition.\nShe had been a captive among the Hidatsas (a Siouan people), and her Hidatsa name was tsaka'aka wi'a , lit. 'bird woman' (Hartley, 2002). Her Shoshoni name, rendered ...

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Sacagawea ( see below; May 1788 – December 20, 1812; see below for other theories about her death), also Sakakawea or Sacajawea , was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition achieve each of its chartered mission objectives exploring ...

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The doctor glanced occasionally toward Ezri, who was seated at his right, and at Sacagawea, who occupied a specially constructed chair on his left.

As he took a seat almost directly across the table from Sacagawea, Nog wondered how much of the proceedings the alien would understand—and exactly what Commander Vaughn believed their D’Naali guide could contribute to the briefing.

His earnest brown eyes were trained on Sacagawea as he said, “Why would anyone worship a thing that can destroy entire worlds?

She had backed a few meters away from Sacagawea, who stood in the center of the chamber, gesticulating wildly with his spindly, insectile limbs.

Its distinctive pattern of hull scorches positively identified it as the vessel from which Sacagawea had come.

Nevertheless, Shar’s report that Sacagawea had somehow informed his people of the beam-in to the cathedral was obviously right on the money.

The D’Naali themselves probably never believed they’d get the upper hand in their ancient little war—until Sacagawea informed them of our plan to use relays to beam an away team into the cathedral.

The meeting of those people was really affecting, particularly between Sacagawea and an Indian woman who had been taken prisoner at the same time with her, and who had afterwards escaped from the Minnetarees and rejoined her nation.

We found a Shoshone woman, prisoner among these people, by means of whom and Sacagawea we found the means of conversing with the Wallawallas.

Part of the change was a gold coin that appeared at first glance to be a Sacagawea dollar.