Interpreters with Lewis and Clark: The Story of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau

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169 Index Absaroka Range, 60. Adams, James Truslow, 129. Adams, John Quincy, 80-81. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 107. Alder Gulch, 120. Allen, Paul, 11. American Falls, Idaho, 92. American Fur Company, 82, 88, 96, 100. American Heritage Center, 125. American River, 119. Antelope (steampship), 102. Apache (tribe), 107, 108, 112. Archambeau, Louis, 74 Arikara (tribe), 75, 78, 79, 83, 103. Arkansas River, 84, 102. Assiniboine River, 8. Assiniboine (steamboat), 85, 86. Assiniboine (tribe), 90. Astor, John Jacob, 8, 70-71. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (railroad ), 113. Atkinson, Henry, 83-84. Atlantic Ocean, 47. Auburn, California, 119, 121-22. Baker Bay, 47-48. Bancroft Library, 127. Bat-tez, 127, 128. Bazil, 123-24, 129. Bear Den Creek, 26. Beckwourth, Jim, 93-94, 118-19. Bent, Charles, 93-94. Bent, George, 93-94. Bent’s Fort, 93. Bent, William, 93-94. Bernard Pratte & Co., 83. Biddle, Nicholas, 11, 129. Bighorn River, 70. Big White (chief), 64. Bijou’s Fork, 94. Billings, Montana 62. Bismarck, North Dakota, 2. Bitterroot Mountains, 38, 44, 55-56, 5758 , 59-60. Bodmer, Karl, 87, 88, 89-90. Boggs, W. M., 93. Bon Homme Island, 71-72. Boston, 86. Boulder River, 35 Boundary Commission, U.S., 114. Bozeman, Montana, 10. Bozeman Pass, 60. Brackenridge, Henry, 71, 125-26, 127. Bratton, William, 61. Bridger, Jim, 93. Budge, George, 20-21. Cameahwait (chief), 39, 41, 42-43. Camp Fortunate, 39. Cannonball River, 65-66. Cannon Beach, Oregon, 52. Cape Disappointment, 47-49, 52, 115. Cape Lookout, 52. Carson, Kit, 93. Cass, Lewis, 103. Index 170 Chaboillez, Charles, 22. Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste, 3; age of, 128; as alcalde, 117-18; attire of, 93, 111-12; baptism of, 69; birth of, 22, 128; burial of, 122,; death of, 121; education of, 76-77, 82; as guide, 106-13; hotel work of, 119-20; as hunter, 82, 95, 108, 111-12; illnesses of, 58-59, 62-64; as interpreter, 108; as linguist, 81-82, 108, 111-12; literacy of, 118; memorialized, 10; sees Pacific Ocean, 115; with Prince Paul, 80-82; as prospector, 118-20. Charbonneau, Toussaint, age of, 3, 7, 8; attire of, 102; background of, 89 , 13; and Clatsop camp site selection , 49; as cook, 12, 27, 32, 35, 9798 , 100; creek named for, 26, 64; death of, 3; escape from fire, 29-30; escape from drowning, 33-34, 35; escape from rattlesnakes, 38-39; as gambler, 77; garrulity of, 5, 97, 98; as guard, 52-53; as hiker, 12, 35-36; as horseman, 56-57, 60; as hunter, 21, 30; illiteracy of, 7, 84; and Indians , 89; as information source, 42, 69-70; injuries of, 35-36, 60; as interpreter , 6-7, 12, 17-18, 46, 60, 65, 71, 77, 78, 84; as landowner, 3, 70; meets Lewis and Clark, 5-6; likeness of, 87-88; as linguist, 77-78; memorialized, 10; names by which known, 13-14; opinions about, 1112 , 72-73; sees Pacific Ocean, 47-48; pay of, 7, 64-65, 68, 77; with Joshua Pilcher, 1-3; meets Prince Paul, 8082 ; quarrels of, 21-22, 22-23, 46; rejects Clark offer, 64-65; reported dead, 75; reported imprisoned, 7475 ,75; as sailor, 25-26, 27-29, 35, 102; as trader, 20-21, 42-43, 56-57, 70, 75, 102; finds varied thrush, 53; in wife’s illness, 31-32; and women, 13-14, 20, 98, 101, 103-104. Chardon, Francis, 96-97. Chouteau, Auguste, 69, 75, 80-81. Chouteau County, Montana, 31. Chouteau, Eulalie, 69. Chouteau, Pierre, 75. Clark, William: background and description of, 8; and Baptiste’s education , 65-67, 76-77; Clatsop camp site selection, 49; on John Conner, 6-7: on food, 45; Fort Mandan site selection, 5; guardian of Baptiste, 75; as hunter, 21; as physician, 3031 , 58-59; offers help to Toussaint Charbonneau, 64-67; papers of, 127; reconnoitering of, 32-33; on Sacagawea, 65-66; as trader, 43, 56. Clatsop (tribe), 49-50, 53. Clearwater County, Idaho, 44-45. Clearwater River, 44-45, 57-58. Coboway (chief), 53. Collier’s (magazine), 10. Colorado River, 113. Columbia River, 38, 45-46, 47-48, 51, 56, 57. Comanche (tribe), 123. Conner, John, 6-7. Cooke, Philip St. George, 107, 108. Coues, Elliott, 11-12, 23. Creel, George, 10. Crow (tribe),60, 61-62. Cruzatte, Pierre, 28-29, 67. Culbertson, Alexander, 87. Dalles, The, 56. Danner, Ore., 122. Daughters of the American Revolution , 130. Deschutes River, 56-57. Dickson, James, 99-100. Dillon, Montana, 39. Drouillard, George: attire of, 39; background of, 7; duties...