. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. VIRGINIA GRANT Granddaughter of Sakaka-wea. Photo liy A. P. Porter ofLander, Wyoming, for theEarly History of North SIOUX WOMEN DANCING—FASHIONS OF 1912(Mandan Fair, 1912) L, HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 73 the country, east and west of the Rocky Mountains, and thus was able to furnishvakiable information relative thereto. Because of her belief in, and devotion toher husband, she had confidence in the white men who were making their wayto the land of her birth, and with much earnestness urged that her presencein the camp with
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. VIRGINIA GRANT Granddaughter of Sakaka-wea. Photo liy A. P. Porter ofLander, Wyoming, for theEarly History of North SIOUX WOMEN DANCING—FASHIONS OF 1912(Mandan Fair, 1912) L, HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 73 the country, east and west of the Rocky Mountains, and thus was able to furnishvakiable information relative thereto. Because of her belief in, and devotion toher husband, she had confidence in the white men who were making their wayto the land of her birth, and with much earnestness urged that her presencein the camp with her child, would be a means of protection to them, and herability to talk with the mountain Indians a real help. So far as known, she was the first Indian convert to the Christian religion,west of the Missouri River, and the first pioneer mother to cross the RockyMountains and carry her babe into the Oregon country. While she crooned toher chubby brown baby during the long winter, a new light would come to hereyes at the thought of her far away home. On the way she made and mended the moccasins of the explorers, taughtthem the mountain Indian methods of hunting bear, told them ho
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