Sacagawea Vocabulary

The week before my Grandma and Grandpa came, I had just finished learning about Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery.  I watched two very long documentaries.  And I am currently reading some books on the subject.  That week, I also had 5 new vocabulary words.  My assignment was to write a report on something interesting I had learned from the documentaries that included all of my vocabulary words.

So . . . here it is!  Can you find my words: ominous, pristine, repugnant, adversary, and knoll.

This is a report on my hero, Sacagawea, a 16 year old girl who helped Lewis and Clark on their journey. After the French stopped being our adversary, Napoleon offered to sell the Louisiana Territory. President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new territory. In winter, they stopped at an Indian camp where they hired Sacagawea, who was pregnant.

Exploring the Louisiana Territory was not easy. It was not a pristine paradise, but an ominous wilderness with repugnant bugs. Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark find edible plants and helped them navigate. She also helped communicate and translate with the Indians.

At an important part on the trail, Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery needed horses to cross the Bitterroot Mountains. They met with the nearby Indian tribe and discovered that the Chief of the tribe was Sacagawea's brother. So because of her, they got the horses to cross the mountains. The Bitterroot Mountains are not small knolls, but giant peaks. Without the horses, the mission would have failed.

Signing-Off

Evalynn and Mom