Boat-Launch
Spelling of her name is controversial
Sacajawea... Sakakawea...Sacagawea
Charbonneau stated that her name meant Bird Woman and in the Hidatsa language the name should be properly spelled "Tsakaka-wias". The name adopted by Wyoming and some other Western States is "Sacajawea", the Shoshone word meaning
"Boat-Launcher". The name is entered in Clark's Journal for April 7, 1805 as
Sah-kah-gar-wea. (Ralph M. Shane - A Short History of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation)
regards,