a fraid com pass canoe
straight ened turned hit
rud der
SACAJAWEA SAVES THE CAPTAINS’ GOODS.
Going up the Missouri, the compass, the books, and the maps were in one
canoe.
The captains had the compass to find the West.
One day a big wind hit this canoe and turned it nearly over.
Sacajawea’s husband was at the rudder.
He was afraid and let go. The water came into the canoe.
The maps and books came up to the top of the water.
Sacajawea saw them going out into the river.
She took the compass into her lap.
She caught the books.
She called to her husband.
He took the rudder again.
He straightened the boat again.
Then Sacajawea caught the maps that were on top of the river.
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Crook ed Mon ta na wide
hand some saved yards
SACAJAWEA’S RIVER.
As the maps and books were wet, the soldiers had to camp two days.
They put the maps and the books and the compass in the sun.
When these were dry, they went on again.
Ten days after, they came to a river that no white man had seen before.
Captain Lewis wrote in his book, “It is a handsome river about 50 yards
wide.”
They did not know the Indian name for it.
The captains were so glad Sacajawea had saved their things that they
named it for her.
They said, “We will call it the Sacajawea or Bird-Woman’s River.”
This river is still running.
Look on a map of Montana.
Do you see a stream named “Crooked Creek?”
That is the stream Lewis and Clark named Sacajawea’s River.
Which do you think is the prettier name?
Which do you think we should call it?