Girls With Direction

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Girls With Direction
Where Would We Be Without
Pocahontas and Sacagewea ?
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May 1607
The English arrive in the New World.
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August 1607
Reality Moment for the English
NO FOOD
NO WATER
MOSQUITOES O PLENTY
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December 1607
John Smith CAPTURED!
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January 1608
38 Settlers Alive!
HOWEVER,
The colony SURVIVED!
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Pocahontas led the English colonists with her
strong inner direction.
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Pocahontas tried to promote peace between the
Powhatans and the English colonists.
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Her conversion to Christianity united the groups.
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Her marriage to Jamestown colonist John Rolfe
united them as family.
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Pocahontas risked her life and the favor of her
tribe to protect her new English friends.
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May, 1804
America expands westward
Lewis Clark Expedition begins
Lewis
Clark
http//www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/index.html
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November, 1804
Sacagawea joins the Expedition!
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July, 1805
The Corps of Discovery reaches the gates of the
Rockies
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November, 1805
Water, Water, EVERYWHERE--- The Pacific was
reached!
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August, 1806
To Manifest or Not to Manifest
This is our DESTINY!
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Sacagawea led the Lewis and Clark Expedition with
her gift of physical direction.
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Sacagaweas presence in the Lewis and Clark
Expedition provided reassurance to other Indians
that the explorers intentions were peaceful.
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She helped the expedition by identifying edible
roots and plants for use as food and medicine.
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She guided the travelers along the Shoshoni
trails in the Rockies she remembered from
childhood.
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Sacagawea saved the expeditions vital papers and
supplies when the boat carrying her nearly
capsized in a windstorm.
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Where would America be without their direction?