"On Setting Out At Seven O'clock, Captain Clark, With Chaboneau
And His Wife, Walked On Shore; But They Had Not
Gone more than a mile
before Captain Clark saw Sacajawea, who was with her husband one
hundred yards ahead, begin
To dance and show every mark of the most
extravagant joy, turning round to him and pointing to several Indians,
whom he now saw advancing on horseback, sucking her fingers at
the same time, to indicate that they were of her native tribe.
As they advanced, Captain Clark discovered among them Drewyer dressed
like an Indian, from whom be learned the situation of the party.
While the boats were performing the circuit, he went toward the forks
with the Indians, who, as they went along, sang aloud with the greatest
appearance of delight.
"We soon drew near the camp, and just as we approached it
a woman made her way through the crowd toward Sacajawea;
recognizing each other, they embraced with the most tender affection.
The meeting of these two young women had in it something peculiarly
touching, not only from the ardent manner in which their feelings
were expressed, but also from the real interest of their situation.
They had been companions in childhood; in the war with the
Minnetarees they had both been taken prisoners in the same battle;
they had shared and softened the rigors of their captivity till
one of them had escaped from their enemies with scarce a hope
of ever seeing her friend rescued from their hands.
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