The complete song is available on Jonathan Sprout's "American Heroes." This song is also available as an Individual Song Download.
Sacajawea (1787? - 1812 or 1884) met Lewis & Clark near the present-day Bismarck, North Dakota. She has become a legend in part for the strength with which she faced hardships on the difficult expedition.
After several months of travel, the group was near starvation and in need of horses to help carry their heavy gear over the Rocky Mountains. It was Sacajawea who helped arrange the trade for horses with the chief of the Shoshone Indian tribe - her
brother - whom she had not seen since she had been kidnapped by another Indian tribe six years earlier.
Long time ago an Indian girl
Stood upon the banks of the Missouri.
When up the river came Lewis & Clark
On an expedition in a hurry.
There were in search of a northwest passage.
Needing an Indian guide,....
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Sacajawea -- Indian girl
Young and smart and brave
Sacajawea, Sacajawea
Helping them on their way.
There was adventure and excitement
As they paddled 'cross the northern plains.....
With heavy burdens on aching feet
They could not cross the Great Divide.
Until they met with Shoshoni Indians
And they were saved by their Indian guide.
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"I travel with the White Man.
We come to you in peace.....
We wish to trade for horses
To help us on our way.
Now, brother, pass the pipe of peace
Let us celebrate today."
They never found a northwest passage,
Although they stood where the land meets the sea.....
Lewis & Clark -- famous explorers.
Wrote of their adventures for the world.
Their expedition might not have made it.....
The complete song is available on Jonathan Sprout's "American Heroes." This song is also available as an Individual Song Download.
