![]() ![]() The sun comes from behind that hill every morning. Indeed, no one of the whole tribe had ever seen a white man. ![]() At that time the Shoshone had never even heard of the United States, which was a very new country. But this was in 1794, long before Wyoming became state. The valley was high up in the Rocky Mountains, in what is now the state of Wyoming. These hills were all around the valley where the tepees, or skin tents, of the tribe were. He waved his hand toward one of the rocky hills. ![]() You will be fast asleep when I start off in that direction. No, hunting trips are not for girls, he went on. How can I answer three questions at once? he asked teasingly. Where are you going? When will you start? May I go, too? Hunting! That meant he was almost grown-up. Travels Fast-he was several years older than Sacagawea-had come up and was listening. It was almost shapeless, but Bird Girl could see that it looked like a soft slipper. She shook out the deerskin on which she was working. ![]() Use your eyes, Bird Girl, said her mother. What are you doing, Mother? the girl asked. Her mother was sitting on the ground in front of the tepee. An Indian girl of the Shoshone tribe, she was about seven years old. Her black hair hung about her bare shoulders. SACAGAWEA CAME OUT of the tepee into the bright sunlight. ![]()
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