Streams to the River, River to the Sea

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Summary: A very good book!
Review: "Streams to the river, River to the sea" was a very enjoyable book. It is based on the life of Sacagawea when she was kidnapped from her home tribe and "adopted" by the Minnetarees, a enemy tribe. Toward the middle of her teenage years, she is taken from her new home to join the famous Lewis and Clark exibition. From there, Sacagawaea and the other members of the group go through many chalenges from other indian tribes to the deadly forces of nature. It is a very good book and I would definantly recomend it to any other readers interested in American history.

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Summary: I love this book!
Review: A wonderful book, I couldn't put it down! A love story between two people the reader never expects. I especially loved that the main character, Sacagawea, is my age. This book gives the reader a real idea of how challenging Lewis and Clark's journey was. I was always wanting to turn the page.

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Summary: Student Review
Review: A wonderful book, I couldn't put it down! A love story between two people the reader never expects. I especially loved that the main character, Sacagawea, is my age. This book gives the reader a real idea of how challenging Lewis and Clark's journey was. I was always wanting to turn the page.

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Summary: Fiction, but not Historical Fiction
Review: Before I read the book, I saw the PBS documentary about Lewis and Clark. After reading the book, I double checked the information with the journals of the men of the Corps of Discovery. The first mistake the book made was that it said Sacagawea had learned English, and translated for them. However, she had not learned English at this time. The true translation process worked like this: Lewis or Clark would tell someone something in English; a member of the expedition would tell it to Charbonneau in French. Charbonneau would then translate it to Sacajawea's native language, and then she would speak to the Indians they met in their native language (if she knew it.)
One of the many other problems with Scott O'Dell's version, was that he made it sound like Captain William Clark was in love with Sacagawea, and she was in love with him. There is no proof that he was in love with her, but according to the journals, he did show compassion on her by trying to protect her from Charbonneau, who would often beat her.
Overlooking many small mistakes, I also must point out that Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog was actually stolen, where in the book, it says that Captain Lewis gave Sacagawea the dog.
The end was the most disappointing part of the book. Once they reached the place where Sacagawea and her husband had started the journey, Captain Clark came to speak to her. He basically told her what he thought of her: that he didn't love her, and that he thought of her as a child. This led her to pack up and leave-the book ends with her riding away. Away from her husband whom she hated, and Captain Clark who she thought she loved. Away to the Shoshone people she truly loved.
However, this is not very accurate. It is known that Sacagawea stayed with Charbonneau at Fort Mandan for a month or two. Captain Clark invited the whole family to come to St. Louis so that her son could be educated. It is also known that they stayed there at least five years. In 1811, Charbonneau sold his land to Captain Clark and moved back to the Dakotas. Jean Baptiste, their son, was left in the care of Captain Clark. He became a trapper and guide who worked with Kit Carson, Jim Bridger and other explorers. He was fluent in French, German, Spanish and English as well his native Shoshone.

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Summary: schoolgirl romance
Review: I read this book before allowing my eight year old daughter to read it. While engaging reading as an introduction to the Lewis and Clark saga, I found the fictional romantic sub-plot troubling. It advances the idea that the chief(only?) motivation of Sacajawa in pursuing the journey, as well as the woman's acts of courage chronicled in the journals, was her pursuit of the affections of Captain Clark. While arguably this romance between the two might have existed, it hardly does justice to the heroine to ascribe such weight to what boils down to a schoolgirl crush. It sends a negative message, I feel, to the young girls who read it. One might reasonably conclude from this novella that the only credible reason for a woman to become an explorer is the search for the love of a good man.

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Summary: How to find out a really good theory of Sacagawea
Review: I think this book was good for people who like historical fiction. Some of the things they went through are quite amazing like, at the beginning when Sacagawea ran away from the Minnetarees. She found a boat along the riverbank and rode it to a sandbar in the middle of the river where she made a lean-to against a big cottonwood tree and used that for shelter. While she was on the sandbar, there was a buffalo she was going to kill, make a robe out of his hide, and eat him. First, she was going to make him gentle enough by feeding him closer to her lean-to every day. But one day a man and a woman (Toussaint Charbonneau and Otter Woman) come by the sandbar. Sacagawea didn't know who they were so she hid in the boat. Charbonneau and Otter Woman got her and took her back to the Minnetarees where Charbonneau said that Sacagawea was his because he saved her. Red Hawk and La Borne also claimed her. (Red Hawk was the son of Black Moccasin who was the chief of the Minnetarees and La Borne was the chief of the Hidasta) They were going to see who got her bye playing the hand game. Whoever won got her sort of as a prize. After the game was over her destiny was settled.
If u want to find out what happens read this book. It is really good.

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Summary: A very good book!!!
Review: I think this book was good for people who like historical fiction. Some of the things they went through are quite amazing like, at the beginning when Sacagawea ran away from the Minnetarees. She found a boat along the riverbank and rode it to a sandbar in the middle of the river where she made a lean-to against a big cottonwood tree and used that for shelter. While she was on the sandbar, there was a buffalo she was going to kill, make a robe out of his hide, and eat him. First, she was going to make him gentle enough by feeding him closer to her lean-to every day. But one day a man and a woman (Toussaint Charbonneau and Otter Woman) come by the sandbar. Sacagawea didn't know who they were so she hid in the boat. Charbonneau and Otter Woman got her and took her back to the Minnetarees where Charbonneau said that Sacagawea was his because he saved her. Red Hawk and La Borne also claimed her. (Red Hawk was the son of Black Moccasin who was the chief of the Minnetarees and La Borne was the chief of the Hidasta) They were going to see who got her bye playing the hand game. Whoever won got her sort of as a prize. After the game was over her destiny was settled.
If u want to find out what happens read this book. It is really good.

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Summary: Streams to a little Boredom but Rivers to History
Review: It was a good historical book, but at some parts it was slow. It was interesting to see Sacagawea's side of the story, not just Lewis and Clarks. It is a good book if you are studying the Lewis and Clark expedition, or if you want to find out about it. The story tells of Sacagawea's hardships throught the journey and what happened before Lewis and Clark even hired her. It is very interesting how she comes to love Clark, but she is already married.

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Summary: A fantastic book that describes the adventures of Sacagawea.
Review: Lewis and Clark's daring journey through the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean and back was created anew in the wonderful Streams to the River, River to the Sea. The book describes how Sacagawea, a young Shoshone woman, provides invaluable assistance and guidance to the Lewis and Clark expedition. When Sacagawea was a young woman, she was captured by the Minnetarees, an enemy tribe, and taken from her native village. She made a bold escape only to fall into the hands of Charbonneau, a cruel and ugly French trader whom she is forced to marry. Sacagawea has a son named Meeko soon after their marriage. Even though Sacagawea was a good wife and devoted mother, she was mistreated and abused by her husband.

While Sacagawea and her family journeyed through the Louisiana Territory, the expedition confronted many challenges such as severe cold, intense heat, sickness, and fierce enemy tribes. While the expedition traveled near the foot of the Rockies, Sacagawea met up with her blood brother and her Shoshone tribe helps the expedition in a vital way. In this story, Sacagawea learns about the true meaning of love and her place in society as a Native American. The author describes these difficulties in a vivid and adventurous way. Sacagawea's courageous and resourceful character is portrayed beautifully in this exciting and suspenseful book.

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Summary: Once again, Scott O'Dell hits 5 stars!!
Review: Love, war, peace and drama, if you like these features in a book, "Streams to the River, River to the Sea" is the book for you. Set deep in western America. It's about a young Indian girl named Sacagawea, who was kidnapped from her home, at the age of 13. Taken to a hostile village, the chief befriended her and took her into his home. When betrothed to the chief's son, she was kidnapped. Though she escaped, fortune was not ready to shine on her. She floated in a stolen boat to a remote island. She lived there until a man found her. She later was forced to marry him. One day a kind man named Captain Clark came. She had had a baby by her marriage, but she vowed to follow Captain Clark on his dangerous trip. Will she and the baby come away from the trip alive? Will Clark's men survive? Read "Streams to the River, River to the Sea" to find out.