Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American explorer, guide, fur trapper, and military scout
Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1805
Place of Birth: Fort Mandan, North Dakota, United States
Date of Death: 16-May-1866
Profession: explorer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866) was a Native American-French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, alcalde (mayor) of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and a gold prospector and hotel operator in Northern California.
- His mother was a Shoshone Indian known as Sacagawea.
- He spoke French and English and learned German and Spanish during his six years in Europe from 1823 to 1829.
- He spoke Shoshone and other western American Indian languages, which he picked up during his years of trapping and guiding.Jean Baptiste was the son of Sacagawea, a Shoshone, and her French Canadian husband-captor Toussaint Charbonneau, the latter who worked as a trapper and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- Jean Baptiste was born at Fort Mandan in North Dakota.
- In his early childhood, he accompanied his parents as they traveled across the country.
- The expedition co-leader William Clark nicknamed the boy Pompey ("Pomp" or "Little Pomp").
- After the death of his mother, he lived with Clark in St.
- Louis, Missouri, where he attended St.
- Louis Academy.
- Clark paid for his education.
- Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau also had a second child, a daughter named Lizette Charbonneau; however, because she receives only occasional mention in Clark's papers, her life remains unclear beyond her third birthday.Charbonneau and Sacagawea appear on the United States Sacagawea dollar bronze one dollar coin.
- He is the second child depicted on United States currency.
- Pompeys Pillar on the Yellowstone River in Montana and the community of Charbonneau, Oregon are named for him.
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