Lewis and Clark Expedition Facts: Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

Parents: Toussaint Charbonneau and his wife Sacagawea.
Lived from 1805 to 1866.
Was 55 days old when the Corps left Fort Mandan with him strapped to his mother's back.
Nickname: Pompy. This seems to have come from Capt. William Clark, but no one is sure what it meant.
Lived with Capt. William Clark in St. Louis, to attend school, from age 6 to age 18.
Went to Europe until he was 24 years old, as a guest of German prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.
After returning to the U.S. in 1829, he worked as a guide and mountain man, and was known to recite Shakespeare around mountain campfires.
Worked with Kit Carson, and guided John C. Frémont.
Died of illness on his way to Montana to join its gold rush, and was buried in Oregon.