Question

Why was Sacagawea, a Shoshone, spending the winter in the territory of the Mandans?

She was married to a Mandan warrior.


She was a captive of the Mandans.


She traveled with her husband, a French Canadian trader.


She was traveling to Missouri to attend a boarding school.

Answer 1

Sacagawea, a Shoshone, was spending the winter in the territory of the Mandans because she traveled with her husband, a French Canadian trader.