What happened to Sacagaweas children?
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau — “Little Pomp” to William Clark — was educated in St. Louis under Clark’s supervision and later became a traveling companion to a German prince, who took him to Europe for five years, where he learned several languages. Baptiste returned to America and for awhile became a mountain (the explorer John C. Fremont mentions in his journals encountering him.) During the war with Mexico in 1846, Baptiste was hired by the Army to guide the Mormon Battalion from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, all the way to California, where he became a magistrate of San Luis Rey Mission in California after the conflict. In 1866, at age 61, he learned of gold discoveries in Montana and set off with a wagon train for the gold fields, but caught pneumonia along the way and died on May 16 in southeastern Oregon. A historical marker near the town of Danner marks the spot. I’m unaware of any information about the fate of Sacagawea’s daughter, Lisette. More information about Baptiste (and Saca
