Local History - Sacajawea

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Sacajawea
Sacajawea Cemetery
near Fort Washakie, WY
March 2015
Several days ago, I shared some information about Chief Washakie, an Eastern Shoshone chief whose grave is located near Fort Washakie, WY.

I returned to the area last week to locate the gravesite of Sacajawea, the young Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their journey to the Pacific Ocean.

Sacajawea and her two sons' gravesites
Sacajawea Cemetery
near Fort Washakie, WY
March 2015
Controversy surrounds Sacajawea and her death, but I feel strongly that she is indeed buried in Wyoming for two reasons: her sons. Their graves are adjacent to hers on this windswept hillside on the Wind River Indian Reservation where the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes reside.

Baptiste Charbonneau
Sacajawea Cemetery
near Fort Washakie, WY
March 2015
Bazil
Sacajawea Cemetery
near Fort Washakie, WY
March 2015
The mystery surrounding Sacajawea, her death, and her burial are what make history intriguing.

Sacajawea Cemetery
near Fort Washakie, WY
March 2015



Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 6, 2015 at 7:04 AM

    You FOUND her! :-)

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  2. Changes in the windApril 6, 2015 at 8:04 AM

    Thank you for posting this..

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  3. UnknownApril 6, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    Nicely done; you got such good pictures of her grave site and the cemetery.

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  4. Far Side of FiftyApril 6, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    You are an explorer too Nancy! I so enjoyed seeing the photos! :)

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  5. Cranberry MorningApril 6, 2015 at 9:17 AM

    So interesting and fun to see the actual stones of names that I've heard of so often in history! Thanks, Nancy!

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  6. kathy bApril 6, 2015 at 9:39 AM

    What a cool cemetery. Thanks for the images. And yes, any mother would want to be by her sons!

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  7. MartiApril 6, 2015 at 11:03 AM

    How interesting! I always wondered why she went along on the trip in her condition. Do you know when she was born?

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  8. KatherineApril 6, 2015 at 4:21 PM

    A lot of good information on those headstones! I love old cemeteries. I've spent many days walking up and down the rows reading the history written there.

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  9. Rebecca summersDecember 13, 2016 at 7:10 AM

    im related to sacajewea by marriage and this is sooo interesting to find out my 4* great uncle Robert weir dempsey married Bright star or Margaret stevens/dempsey and bright star was her great niece

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    1. UnknownJuly 20, 2020 at 11:18 AM

      Robert Dempsey and Bright Star (Margaret Stevens) are my great-great grandparents. Their daughter Jane is my great grandmother. They are buried in Twin Bridges, Montana I have found a picture of Margaret with her three young daughters. Gerald Seyler

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