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According to St. Helens, Oregon-based Lewis and Clark re-enactor R.J. Brown, Sacagawea gave birth to her first child at Fort Mandan, N.D., before the Corps of Discovery set out on their journey. She carried her child for the entire trip, he said, estimating that the distance is between 2,500 and 3,000 miles.
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R.J. Brown, local historian and Lewis and Clark re-enactor; St. Helens, Oregon
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