Grace Raymond Hebard at Sacajawea's Grave

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A woman holding flowers is standing between two graves, looking at the one on the left. Caption reads: "Wind River Indian Reservation (formerly the Shoshone Indian Reservation), Fremont County, Wyoming. 1926. The grave of Sacajawea. The tablet on Sacajawea's monument reads: 'Sacajawea, Died April 9, 1884, a guide with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805-1806. Identified 1908 by Rev. J. Roberts, who officiated at her burial.' Sacajawea died, in her sleep, of old age (about 100), at the Shoshone Agency, and was buried the same day, also on the Agency. 'In 1909, a concrete shaft with an imbedded bronze tablet was erected as a headstone for the grave of Sacajawea in the cemetery of the Shoshone reservation. The location of the grave was designated by the Reverend John Roberts, who officiated at the burial on [sic] Sacajawea on April 9, 1884. The shaft and bronze were donated by the Indian Agent, Mr. H. E. Wadsworth, and Mr. Timothy H. Burke.' From: Grace Raymond Hebard's, 'Sacajawea, Guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," The Arthur H. Clark Co., Glendale, 1933, page 298. Basil was the adopted son of Sacajawea. He died in 1886, and was buried, Indian-fashion, in a creek bank. Remains disinterred to search for a wallet of L. & C. papers (found, but ruined), and reinterred January 12, 1925, beside Sacajawea. 'In 1932, two granite monuments were placed in the Shoshone Indian cemetery in memory of Basil, son of Sacajawea, and Barbara Baptiste Meyers, a daughter of Baptiste, and granddaughter of Sacajawea.' page 302. Photograph presented by Grace Raymond Hebard of Laramie, Wyoming, who appears in the photograph."