RRINR book reviews
Colby, Susan M. Sacagawea’s Child: The Life and Times of Jean-Baptiste (Pomp) Charbonneau. Spokane, Wash.: Arthur M. Clark, Co. 2005.
Snippet: Few characters in American history are as fascinating as Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau. As an infant and toddler he traveled with the Corps of Discovery to the Pacific. Adopted later by William Clark and classically educated in St. Louis and Germany, he was the product of three cultures—Indian, French-Canadian, and Anglo-American—and spoke English, French, Spanish, German, and several Indian languages. As a young man he spent five and a half years in Europe and later in life worked as a trapper, trader, interpreter, guide, and government official in California.
by John H. Sandy
Sandy, John H. “New biography tracks the remarkable life of Jean Baptiste (‘Pomp’).” We Proceeded On, 32, no. 1 (February 2006) 43-44.
