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Pocahontas became famous in the early 17th century for saving Captain John Smith of the English Jamestown settlement from execution at the hands of her own tribe. She was subsequently abducted, married to an Englishman, converted Christianity, and brought to England. Her role in the negotiations between the Jamestown English Colony and the Powhatan people was essential to that colony's survival, and was the first seed from which grew the tradition of English-Indian cooperation in the early colonial era so instrumental to England's success in the New World.--Provided by publisher. This book retraces Sacajawea's path across the Northwest, from the Mandan Indian villages in present-day South Dakota to the Pacific ocean, and back. Sacajewea was accompanied on the journey by her ne're-do-well French-Canadian husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, and her infant son, Baptiste, who became a favorite of the members of the expedition, especially Captain William Clark. The author presents a colorful account of Sacajawea's journeys with Lewis and Clark and an objective evaluation of the controversial accounts of her later years.--Provided by publisher. Sarah Winnemucca was a self-educated Northern Paiute Indian who sparred with Indian agents, local politicians and the United States government to try to improve the living conditions and the education of her people. She enlisted many influential citizens in her cause, partly through her autobiography, Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims, published in 1883, which was one of the first works of literature by an American Indian.--Provided by publisher.