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Why was Sacagawea, a Shoshone, spending the winter in the territory of the Mandans?

She was married to a Mandan warrior.


She was a captive of the Mandans.


She traveled with her husband, a French Canadian trader.


She was traveling to Missouri to attend a boarding school.

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Sacajawea, a Shoshone, was spending the winter in Mandan territory because she was traveling with her husband, a French Canadian Trader.

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