A Picture Book Of Sacagawea

Author : David A. Adler

Setting : Western Rocky Mountain

Characters : Sacagawea, Shoshone

Plot :
Sacagawea was born in 1788 or 1789 in the western Rocky Mountains. She was a Native American, a Shoshone.
The Shoshone lived in tepees. They moved to gather food as the seasons changed. They ate seeds, berries, roots, and insects. In the spring and summer they fished, and in the fall they hunted bison. The Shoshone hunted jackrabbits, antelope, and other animals, too.They used branches to make beautiful baskets, bowls, hats, and traps.
The Shoshone were a peaceful people. But they were surrounded by enemy tribes. When Sacagawea was either ten or eleven, a large Hidatsa war party attacked. They Stole Shoshone horses and killed many men, women, and children, including Sacagawea'smother.
She was caught by a Hidatsa warrior and taken prisoner. The Hidatsa took her hundreds of miles away to their village near where the Knife and Missouri River cross.

Nouns :
mountain, basket, bowl, hat, trap, jackrabbit, antelope, bison, horse, warrior.

Verbs :
ate, hunted, ran, lived, moved, fished, used, made, stloe, caught.