Fun Fact #387
Fun Fact #387
American Heros
After the expedition’s return Sacagawea would live in St. Louis for another 6 years before dying to Typus. Clark would then step in to raise her 7-year-old son, with the rest of the surviving corps chipping in to pay for Pompey's schooling. Pompey would live a long life and eventful career becoming the 2nd to last member of the Corps. The last surviving member –Sergeant Patrick M. Gass– would say on Pompy’s death that he fulfilled his commitment to the Corps to keep the boy safe.
As for Gass, he himself also held a long and storied career from losing an eye in a battle near Niagara Falls (War of 1812) to trying to enlist at 90 years old in the Union forces during the Civil War –he saw and wrote about it all. His copy expedition is the one that was first published (1807) and most well known due to its cheap cost since he considered himself a poor writer and not worth reading. Yet, it is this account of the story which was used by women to tell Sacagawea’s story, becoming the figurehead for Women's Suffrage and opening up freedoms for Women not previously held in the US.
This is apparently what you get when a Woman who’s lost her home, an “Untimely” baby, and a bad writer join your expedition –American Heroes.
