"Streams to the River, River to the Sea"
name of the book
1986
year the book was published
why Thomas Jefferson chos Meriwether Lewis
because he was young (29), was a tireless youth, and gave serious thought to the looks of the land
why Thomas Jefferson chose William Clark
because he was laid-back and took each day as it came
Shoshone
a nomadic tribe who lived high up in the mountains
Scott O'Dell
author of the book
Janey
Clark's name for Sacagawea
historical fiction
genre of the book
first-person
point of view the story is written in
blackcap
another name for a blackberry
two Minnetarees
the amount of Minnetarees Sacagawea sees while picking blackcaps with Running Deer
firestick
a rifle
Running Deer and Sacagawea's relationship to each other
they are cousins
they are captured
what happens to Sacagawea and Running Deer when the Minnetarees raid their village
sachem
a chief or leader
Tall Rock
Sacagawea's captor, who is tall, mute Native American, has a head that site squatly between his shoulders, is thin, and older than Sacagawea's father
Sacagawea's mother's scalp
what Tall Rock has tied to his belt
