The voyage up the Missouri to the Mandan villages had been easy compared to what lay ahead.

Today on a February day Sacagawea went into labor-" her labour was tedious and the pain Violent," Lewis noted. To help Sacagawea Lewis made a rattle snake Potion which i thought was interesting. it said Lewis killed a Rattle Snake and cut of its rattle, Then mashed it up and mixed with water! the potion was supposed to induce child birth. when she was done with the birth she named the child Jean Baptiste. i don't understand how a native american baby back then would be called jean. but my theory is that since the white men people had come they started to change the way of the natives. i will look it up right now.

Sam.k