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In October of 1804, a Shoshone named Sacagawea became part of the great Lewis and Clark expedition. Her role in the expedition is now being lauded as important and significant, as well it should. Let us not bring up the fact it was her husband, a French fur trapper and she was only one of his many wives, who was paid for the services rendered to the expedition. The fact is Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who only recently has come to fame after centuries of being a blip in a history text. We place her image on gold coins, stamps, and documentaries are including her. I'm certain there will soon be a made for TV movie, 'Sacagawea' the real story. While we laud the Shoshone Sacagawea, there is a battle going on in a small location north and west of Franklin, Idaho. It is the northwestern Shoshone nation trying to obtain sacred land. It is the sacred land where 138 years ago a California militia Colonel named Patrick Edward Connor gave his infantry and cavalry of over two hundred orders to 'take no prisoners and remember nits grow into lice.' This order began a four-hour slaughter at 6:00 a.m. in the morning as the sleepy peaceful people woke at their winter camp on Bear River January 29, 1863. Nearly the entire camp of 400 warriors, old men, old women, women, children, and babies were obliterated. san fransisco shuttletours cheap spanish holiday florida discounted dental care florida discount health care