Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman, joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 as an interpreter to help them communicate with other Native American tribes they would encounter. The document, written in Lewis' handwriting, describes Sacagawea joining the expedition and devotes 8 to 10 sentences to discussing her name. As a primary source written during the expedition, it provides a first-hand account of Sacagawea's role.

1. Primary Source Notecard 1
Author’s Last Name, Authors First Name: unknown
Title of Article: Sacagawea joins the expedition
Name of Website: www.nps.gov
Name of Institution/Organization affiliated with the site:
Day Mo. Year page was created: 22-Feb-2004
Day Mo. Year you visited the site: 8 march 2012
URL: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/lewisandclark/intro28.htm/
Unknown. “Sacagawea joins the expedition.” Nps. 22 February 2004. Format: Web. 8 March 2012:
http://www.nps.gov/lecl/historyculture/sacagawea.htm
Notes: why is this document a secondary source?
This is a primary source because this was written in Lewis' handwriting 8 to 10 sentences in this
document is about Sacajawea’s name.