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Blue
Belt
Sacajawea shows Captain Clark the newly
finished beaded belt she made with blue beads given her by him and
Captain Meriwether Lewis. The story of the blue belt is one of friendship
and unselfish generosity; of how this courageous young woman gave
up one of her most prized possessions to acquire a magnificent sea
otter robe that neither Clark nor Lewis had been able to purchase
from a Chinook Indian. This is only one unique story to emerge from
the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery's remarkable expedition to
the Pacific coast in 1805-1806.
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