Girl of the Shining Mountains

The historical record of Sacagawea's life is sparse at best. She didn't keep a journal, nor did she write any letters. What does exist are about three dozen references to her in the journal's of Lewis and Clark. But with few exceptions, they never describe what she looked like, her language, or her temperament.

So who was Sacagawea? And what must it have felt like to be a part of the Journey of Discovery? She was the only woman, and not only did she have to face the same hardships as the men, she did so while caring for her newborn son Pomp. What did she see? What did she think? And most importantly, how did she feel going back to the place she had been violently wrenched from over five years earlier -- going back home?