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What was Sacagawea's fellow wife's name? What did the other wife do when her husband left her to go on the expedition with Sacagawea?

There's a root Indians claimed cured rabies. What was it?

Drowned Bison, caught on ice when river melts/cracks, are roped and pulled out of the water for meat. Indian youths jump from floating ice bit to floating ice bit to do this.

When a native American woman gave birth, in the plaines at least, they gave her crushed rattlesnake rattle to eat to speed up the labor.

Bison hair- Twisted into rope
Bison brain- pounded into paste and smeared onto hide to tan it
Bison hooves- Boiled into glue

-Sacagawea was 15, and late in pregnancy, when she joined the Lewis and Clark expedition

-Mandan Indians saw women as beasts of burden. For example, Chief Big White brought a gift to Lewis and Clark of 100 lbs of meat. All of it was carried on his wife's back, while he carried nothing.

Private George Shannon, lost. Was he ever found? Did he ever turn up?

Birch paper least likely to spoil if it gets damp

Mandan Indians

For infection- crushed marigold, garlic, and honey poultice

A map of their journey is provided.