[Sacajaweau]

Sacajawea went with her husband. He was hired as their guide.

Safe at home?? This was circa 1800. You came in from the field, had a baby and went back.

Me thinks probably safer with Lewis and Clark who had been briefed on all kinds of medicines.

[HighlyOpinionated]

Sacajawea went with her husband. He was hired as their guide.

Safe at home?? This was circa 1800. You came in from the field, had a baby and went back.

Me thinks probably safer with Lewis and Clark who had been briefed on all kinds of medicines.

If she'd stayed home, she'd could have died in child birth. you failed to mention that.

My point was, she was 16 and pregnant. Her husband was less help than she was. When the canoe he was in capsized, it was she, not he, who saved the written notes and other gear. She was able to communicate with the other Native Tribes the expedition traveled through, husband was not.

But she was 16. Was she an adult or a child? By today's laws, she wouldn't have been "allowed" [by the government] to marry. And her husband could have been jailed for rape.

We coddle our children trying to protect them from an early death. And then too many die anyway because they make poor decisions without thought for the consequences.

The last time one of my grandkids did something that caused her to cry because she got hurt, my response was: "Did you learn anything? Will you do that again?"

Some of y'all sound a lot like Democrats. [/sarc]