Sacajawea
Sacajawea was a Shoshones Indian who was kidnapped by hidatsa Indians when she was 12 years old. She when then sold as a slave to Toussaint Charbonneasu who claimed her as his wife. Her husband and her translated from french to Shoshone while traveling with captain Clark on their journey and she also collected edible plants, dug up roots, and picked berries, to use for food and medicine. She also stopped Indian tribes from attacking the company because war parties never traveled with a women. She also acted as a guide for Clark because she knew all of the trails and passages around Shoshone area's. After their journey her husband was given $500 and 320 acres of land and she was given nothing and later died from an illness.
Squanto
Squanto was an Indian man who was born in Plymouth and smoke English. He was a Patuxet Indian who helped the pilgrims who landed in Plymouth, who were struggling with food and survival. He was kidnapped a few years before the pilgrims arrived by a captain and sold in Spain, but was given freedom soon after and made his way to London and met up with the treasurer of the Newfoundland company and learned English and was sent back to Newfoundland and was hired as an interpreter. Then he traveled to Plymouth and made a peace agreement with the pilgrims and set up trade with them.
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