How Sacagawea’s Skills Were Important to Lewis and Clark How Sacagawea’s Skills Were Important to Lewis and Clark By Evangeline BuGrade 4 Did you ever wonder how Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark expand into the west? Sacagawea was a Native American who joined the expedition. Even though she wasn’t a guide, she helped the group in many ways. Sacagawea was important to the Lewis and Clark expedition because she was calm, brave, and knowledgeable. Sacagawea felt calm when something terrible happened. When Sacagawea’s canoe tipped over, she walked into the river calmly and saved the tools that were helpful to the explores. When she walked into the river, there was also a chance that it could have accidentally pulled her into the ocean. She walked calmly into the river, which meant she was also really brave. When she walked into the water, she had her baby strapped to her back, so she must be very brave. Her baby could have fallen into the water. From the text, it said, “One of Lewis and Clark’s diary entries from May 16, 1805, tells how Sacagawea’s calm and bravery saved objects and important information from being lost forever” (Brown 6). This shows that Lewis and Clark also thought she was really brave which mean she was really brave because we weren’t there that time but Lewis and Clark were there, which means we should trust them. Last, she was knowledgeable. She guided them through a trail. She was helpful because though she wasn’t supposed to guide them, she still guided the explorers from a trail she remembered from her childhood. She used her knowledge to guide them through a route in the mountains. She also helped them buy horses from her fellow Shoshone. Sacagawea was important to the Lewis and Clark expedition because she was brave, calm and helpful. That is why she was an important Native American who helped Lewis and Clark expand to the west. What would you do if you were Sacagawea?
