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Sacajawaa / Sacajawea - Mother of Ticannaf

Red River War
While this account has nothing to do with the Red River War, I found it to be very interesting that Sacajawea ended up with Indian tribes, probably Comanche or Kiowa.

Sacajawea was one of the wives of a French coureur du bois, Toussaint Charbonneau. She was an interpreter for Lewis and Clark. She was a Snake or Shoshone Native American girl of about sixteen years, if that. Sacajawea was of exquisite intelligence and appeal, quickly adaptable to practically any situation in any environment. Sacajawea was respected, well-spoken and dignified. She was a highly dedicated and proud family woman, despite her early struggles and hardships faced.

After a time of wandering (after the disbandment of the Lewis & Clark Expedition), Sacajawea joined the Comanche Indians, a related tribe of the Sho-sho-ne who lived on the Canadian River north of the present Amarillo, Texas.

Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard, who published a book entitled “Sacajewea,” in which she wrote:

“… the language of these people she could understand and they in turn could understand her, for they were in fact a branch of the Sho-sho-nes …”.

In due course, Sacajawea married a member of this tribe by the name of “Jerk Meat”. With Jerk Meat, Sacajawea lived harmoniously for a number of years, giving birth to five children; although sadly, only two of survived. One of these was a son called “Ticannaf” and the other, the youngest of the five, a daughter named Yakee Wosi aka “Crying Basket.”

Shortly after the birth of their youngesr child, “Crying Basket” (aka Yakee Wosi), Sacajawea’s husband, Jerk Meat was killed in battle. From this point forward, Sacajawea was no longer living in harmony with her “husband‟s people, and decided to leave the Comanches in seek her own tribe….”. Hence, she completely disappeared and her whereabouts was unknown for many years. The Comanche later spoke of Sacajawea as Watsi Waiipu, aka “Lost Woman.”

When Sacajawea left the Comanches she carried her small daughter with her. Her Comanche son, Ticannaf, stayed behind, but was in search of his mother for a long time. Many years of searching for Sacajawea turned out to be unsuccessfull.

The daughter of Sacajawea’s son Ticannaf (Sacajawea’s granddaughter) was Tah-cu-tine, or Ta-soonda-hipe aka “Take Pity On.” Take Pity On resided within a few miles of Lawton, Oklahoma, USA for many years, and became the wife of her Pah-we-tipe, who lived near Indiahoma.

Dr. Alexander Eastman was detailed to Lawton, Oklahoma to speak with many of the elderly Comanches (elders) to corroborate and verify the details of the life, death and times of Sacajawea and her immediate family.

Comanches commonly seen on the streets of Lawton are quoted at length in elder Comanches’ reports. A few of these are We-sa-poie, brother of Tahcu- tine’s last husband; Mum-su-kih, brother of Tah-cu-tine‟s first husband; George Ki-we-na, Tah-cu-tine’s nephew; He-we-nah, first cousin to Tah-cu-tine; and William Karty, nephew of Hi-we-nah. There are others among the Comanche who bear blood relationship to Sacajawea, her husband, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau & their children, as there are numerous descendants of both Charbonneau and Sacajawea today.

• *Note: After researching and web sleuthing endlessly, through and for the above noted information, I could find NO mention of either “Ticannaf” or “Yakee Wosi” in the earlier Comanche census records. “Tah-cu-tine” (or Tah-su-tine) aka “Ta-soon-da-hipe” married Ase-naw at one point in time. She was also married to “Paw-we-tipe”, whose father was “Pe-sah-mock-ah” and whose mother was “We-sah-poie”, a Mexican (Apache??) Captive of the Comanches. We-sah-poie was the daughter of “Si-ah-cheen-e-kah” aka “Straight Feather.” Interestingly enough, the home of Straight Feather still stands south of the Lake Ellsworth Dam, about ¼ mile south of the Highway, backing onto the woods and timber, and can be seen from the road. The house is made of blocks, but unfortunately it no longer has a roof or windows. We-sa-poie was also the mother of “Ter-che-sy” aka “Pi-bitter”. There was no information found on “Mum-su-king”. I wondered if Kiwena was actually Koweno, and if Hi-we-nah and He-wenah were one in the same, respectively. The same could also be a Comanche named Hi-we-ni, whom is located amongst old Indian census records.**

Brief Life History of Toussaint Charbonneau - Father =

Toussaint Charbonneau was born on 22 March 1767, in Boucherville, Montreal, Quebec, British Colonial America (now Canada).

Toussaint’s father, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, was 31 years of age, as was his mother, Marie Marguerite Deniau.

Toussaint married Sacajawea on 8 February 1805, in Morton, Ray, Missouri, USA. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.

Toussaint and Sacajawea lived together in Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec, Canada in 1781. He eventually died on 12 August 1843, in McIntosh, North Dakota, USA, at the old age of 76. Toussaint was buried in Indian Township, Pike, Missouri, USA.