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Captains Lewis and Clark knew that they would probably meet
my people in the Rocky Mountains, and that they might have to
ask for horses to get over the mountains. I went along on the
journey because I could speak to my people directly for the
explorers. I helped the expedition in many ways, with edible
plants and medicines. Because I was along Indian warriors knew
that it was a peaceful expedition. After the expedition returned
to the Mandan Villages, my husband, baby and I decided to remain
on the upper Missouri River. There was trouble along the river
with other Indian tribes for several years, so we could not
take Jean Baptiste to St. Louis for his schooling until he was
4, in late 1809. Toussaint and I tried to make a living at farming
near St. Louis, but it did not work. We returned to the Mandan
villages in 1811, where Toussaint held several jobs as an interpreter.
I was living at Fort Manuel in today's South Dakota by 1812
when I came down with a fever, got sick and died. |
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