Kidnapping of Sacagawea: Her Fight for Survival and Rescue by Captain Lewis and Captain Clerk

First event

The first event described here talks about the kidnapping of the 12 year old girl Sacagawaea. This incident dates back to the year 1800. The war party was being named as the Hidatsa Indians. They took her off to the Hidatsa-Mandan villages in the North Dakota, currently named as Bismarck. After this kidnapping, the little girl was sold to the Toussaint Charbonneau as a slave. This began her miseries. The person was the French-Canadian fur tradesman. This is why in the year 1804 the Corps of Discovery had arrived at the Hidatsa-Mandan villages.  The 12 year girl gave birth to a baby boy in the year 1805. The name given to that boy was Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau. This entire story is built on the kidnapping of the girl, her fight with life to survive and come back. Captain Lewis and Captain Clerk can be mentioned two of the most important characters in this event. Captain Lewis had become the pioneer person in discovering the fleets of the kidnappers. The rescue teams had found that the girl Sacagawea had preferred to speak Hidatsa and Shoshone when she did not speak in English.

Second event

The condition of the Indians in the American continent began to be fierce because the white skilled people began to gain the positions properly. It was a huge ask to unite all the Indians because the Indians had been on the target of the white Americans for a long time now. This incident describes about the conditions that had arisen in that time. The author Tecumseh had found out that all the things that were being discovered in this time, all were against the Indians. The pan Indians had to build up an alliance so that they could survive in this scenario. It has been believed that Tecumseh is one of the best Indians who had taken his place in the history. The followers of Tecumseh had showed him respect that was very much surprising for everyone. He had managed to win the big victories with smaller groups of people.

Third event

The third event concerns about the black hawk. The other name of the Black Hawk is Ma-kai-tai-me-she-kia-kiak. He was considered to be the member of the warrior classes. He was born in the year 1767. He took part in the war that took place in the year 1812. Black Hawk got very much wounded when he was taking part in his first battle with the enemies when he was just 15 years old. The tribal affairs took a huge role in shaping up these battles. In the war of 1812, the Black Hawk took the side of the British. He was a trusted soldier of the Tecumseh who was the warrior from the Shawnee tribal group. The followers of Black Hawk were known as the British Band. Black Hawk became to be the trusted leader of the war parties in many regions indeed.

The Quest for Indian Unity: Tecumseh and his Role in History

The relationship between the Native Americans and the United States has gone through several stages in the previous years. Many policies and treaties were signed and implied to improve the relationships between the two sections. The different aspects from political, regional and historical events had been taken a huge topsy-turvy turn in the previous times. This will determine the relationship between the Native Americans and the people from the United States.

There was observed a very simple and improving relationship between these two sections of the people. Both the parties wanted to improve the relationship between them as well. It had been noted that one of the most significant problems in the context is the encroachment of the white skinned British people over the Native American or Indian people. The former president of USA George Washington had addressed the situation by ordering to capture or purchase the lands owned by the Indians then. The Indian tribes had a great military power. This is why they had to make treaties with the French and the British. After all these treaties, the Indians posed a great danger to the great nation of USA. The Indian people and the white skinned American carried on their relationship by trade. The new government formed in the USA had decided to treat the Indians with the utmost respect indeed. Many Indians had begun to trade with the people of the household goods and other things.  There were many cultural differences between the two sections of people. They decided to improve the education of the native Indian people to a great extent. The new government always wanted to set a good relationship with the Native Indians indeed. All these policies and treaties had affected the lives of the Native Indian people indeed.

It is a notable fact that after the war of 1812, the entire country had suffered very badly indeed. The suffering had varied from the economical effects to all the other things. The trading between the two sections of people had suffered a lot as well. As the trades ceased to flourish, the impacts were very strong on the financial grounds indeed. The number of immigrants always increased and the pressure began to increase in the lands of the Indian people, or the pan-Indian people. The situations had turned in a way that most Indians had to do the works of selling the household goods like the cooking utensils, things important for the improvement of technology and many other things like the hunter rifles. Other Indians had stayed back and they began to prosper with the fur trade indeed. Other Indians had chosen to be the hunters as well. The Indians did not want to move from the places in USA. However, it was very much necessary to push themselves.

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