. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ar Fort Washakie, at the ShoshoneMission. \\ind River, Wyo., now United States Indian cemetery, erectedby the State of Wyoming. Her statue in the park at Portland, Ore., erected through the efforts ofMrs. Eva Emery Dye and others, at the time of the Portland International Expo-sition, a fine production worthy of the object, to perpetuate her memory, is, also,in the name of Sacajawea the spelling adopted by the Wyoming State HistoricalSociety. In February, 1906, a movement was inaugurated by ^Irs. Beulah M. Amidon,of Fargo, N. D.,
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ar Fort Washakie, at the ShoshoneMission. \\ind River, Wyo., now United States Indian cemetery, erectedby the State of Wyoming. Her statue in the park at Portland, Ore., erected through the efforts ofMrs. Eva Emery Dye and others, at the time of the Portland International Expo-sition, a fine production worthy of the object, to perpetuate her memory, is, also,in the name of Sacajawea the spelling adopted by the Wyoming State HistoricalSociety. In February, 1906, a movement was inaugurated by ^Irs. Beulah M. Amidon,of Fargo, N. D., to raise funds for a monument to the Bird-Woman to be erectedat the state capital. The bronze statue at Bismarck, designed by Crunelle, is ofheroic size, twelve feet in height, representing an Indian woman wrapped in ablanket, with a pappoose strapped upon her back. The Legislature of North Dakota assumed the expense of the granite pedestal,but the statue was paid for by a fund contributed by the Federation of WomensClubs and the school children of the SAKAKAWEA The Shoshone Indian Bird-Woman Who in 1805 guided tlie Lewis and Clark Expedition from the Missouri River to the Yellowstone. Erected by the Federated Club Women and School Children of North Dakota. Presented to tlie State, October, 1910 (Statue at Bismarck) HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 75 On the bronze tablet are the words: Sakakawea The Shoshone Indian Bird-Woman Who in 1805 guided the Lewis and Clark expedition from the Missouri River to the Yellowstone. Erected by the Federated Club women and school children of North Dakota Presented to the state, October, 1910. The artist sketched the figure and costume at the Indian reservation at ElbowWoods, N. D., and won the approbation of Spotted Weasel and James HoldingEagle, who inspected and criticised it in its early stages. It stands on the east side of the capitol grounds on a large block of roughgranite, facing the west, the baby looking over her right shoulder. One
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