Near Fort Washakie in Fremont County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)
Sacajawea
Baptiste Charbonneau
| | Bazil | |
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2016
1. Sacajawea Grave Marker
Died April 9, 1894
A guide with the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1805-1806
Identified, 1907 by Rev. J. Roberts who officiated at her burial
Dedicated in the memory of
Baptiste Charbonneau
Papoose of the
Lewis and Clark
Expedition - 1805-1806
Son of
Sacajawea
Born Feb. 11, 1805
Died on this reservation 1885
Buried West in the Wind River Mountains
A.D. 1933
Son of Sacajawea
Aged 86 years
Died 1886
He was reburied here Jan. 12, 1925
1932
Erected 1963 by Wyoming State Organization of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Women. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 9, 1894.
Location. 42° 59.56′ N, 108° 54.866′ W. Marker is near Fort Washakie, Wyoming, in Fremont County. It is on Cemetery Lane half a mile north of Trout Creek Road, on the left when traveling north. Located in the
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Regionally, this marker is on the Wind River Indian Reservation and in Wind River Country. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mrs. Maggie Richards and Mrs. Hall (a few steps from this marker); The Right Rev. George Maxwell Randall, D.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Sacajawea Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Sacajawea (about 300 feet away); The Shoshone-Episcopal Mission Boarding School (approx. half a mile away); Block House (approx. 1.4 miles away); Washakie (approx. 1½ miles away); Fort Washakie World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Washakie.
Regarding Sacajawea. Also spelled Sakakawea or Sacagawea.
Bazil was the adopted son of Sacajawea.
Also see . . .
1. Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Jean Baptiste was the son of Sacagawea, a Shoshone, and her Mιtis French Canadian husband Toussaint Charbonneau, who worked as a trapper and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition; he was born at Fort Mandan in North Dakota. He was taken by his parents as an infant across the country. The Expedition co-leader William Clark nicknamed
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2016
2. Baptiste Charbonneau Grave Marker
2. The Imagery of Sacagawea by Brian W. Dippie -- Jackson Hole Historical Society. It is astonishing how much has been written about Sacagawea given the paucity of hard information on her. There are few documentary sources apart from the Lewis and Clark journals, and even the derivation and spelling of her name is at issue. Should it be Sacajawea, supposedly a Shoshone word meaning “Boat -Launcher.” or should it be Sacagawea, a Hidatsa word for “Bird Woman”–the commonly accepted version today- Since attempts at spelling her name in the journals indicate that the third consonant was hard, it has also been rendered Sakakawea, the preferred spelling in North Dakota, just as Sacajawea has been favored in Wyoming, where the legend persists that she lived to a ripe old age, dying on the Wind River Shoshone Reservation in 1884 a few years short of a hundred. (Submitted on July 26, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2016
3. Bazil Grave Marker
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2016
4. Sacajawea, Baptiste Charbonneau, and Bazil Grave Markers
5. Sacajawea and Pomp (Jean Baptiste Charbonneau)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,857 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 26, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
