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rolig commented on the word sacajawea
Another spelling of this name, preferred perhaps as closer to the Hidatsa Tsakaka-wia, which the Oxford American Dictionary tells me means "bird-woman", is Sacagawea. I have been using the name (in its -j- form) as a byword for a trustworthy guide.
August 28, 2008