 ever thee I sing I can sing such grandeur and glories about you what is this America land of the pastoral plains the grass fields of the world land of the herd exalting land of wheat and gold land of those sweet-haired and terminable plateaus land of the ocean shores land of Sierras and peaks of this land America I sing among the traditions of America's Westwood expansion is the memory of an Indian maiden called Sacajawea her simple faith in the great explorers Mary Wether Lewis and William Clark forms a beautiful and touching American story tonight DuPont on the cavalcade of America brings you a drama based on her story with Jeanette Nolan of the cavalcade players starring in the role of Sacajawea on a day in the spring of 18 three at a place called Fort Mandan on the missus Missouri River in the Western territory of the Dakotas there was a great commotion in the village and all the people gathered on the landing to witness a strange sight a procession of many boats coming to Fort Manda Why you carry that baby on your back the whole time you better leave him in the large with the other women they're just white men I know many like them who you think these white men come to see me Shabano why not am I not the only white man here at Fort Mandan that is true you watch I speak to that captain hey there hey you look for me we're looking for a white man named Shabano I'm Captain Clark this is Captain Lewis we're going up the Missouri to find a waterway across the Northwest of the Pacific Ocean Ocean what for do you want to do that we have a commission from the president of the United States he must be one big fool you know how far this is we have an idea yeah you know how wild he's Indian tribe in East Mountain that's why we came to you the Indians here tell us that you're the only man who can take us there who can speak the Shoshone language Shoshone quiet woman sure Shabano can do that you've been in that country haven't you well no not me myself you haven't well can you speak the Shoshone language well not the Shoshone language no then what the devil you mean by telling you she can take us through easy my score here she Shoshone snake woman that is all our own country why didn't you say so before what's your name woman I am called Sacajawea bird woman you look more like a little bird than a woman I am big enough to have a nest and a little one so I see what's his name his name is Baptiste it is a name for the tribe of my man Shabano do you think you could guide us across the mountains I am strong I can walk all day with my baby on my back I have done it many times I but but what first I must know why you go to the country of my people well we go to make a trail that white men may come and pray to bring your people the many useful and beautiful things they need is it for peace or war and suffering as white men have brought to other tribes this I promise you little bird we go for peace good my people need guns and powder game is scarce in Shoshone country one thing more what thing I must take my baby with me what do you say Lewis well her man here would be with her good then I will guide you to the country of my people and I promise that no harm will come to you upon the way and sacaja we are guided them well showing them where to look for game and to tell sweet berries from poison and to boil bitter herbs and drink the tea for a fever and she would sit silent in the plow of the warrior canoe watching for signs to guide them how is it that you never speak sacaja we are thinking about I speak when I can tell you something you do not know chief class at the next turning of the river we must stop make camp shoot many buffalo smoke the meat but you said these planes went on to the mountains look the grass goes shorter not so green the ribs of the buffalo show through their hide there has not been rain in this country for a very long time right Lewis better stock up on meat while we can how long before we come to Shoshone country not until you have said great hunger and that would be good then you will understand the need of my people green planes came to an end the white captains and the 28 men in the strange procession of boats had not yet felt the pinch of hunger for the little bird woman sacaja we are had foreseen their needs chief Clark oh come in little bird come in what have you brought me this evening I catch a small rabbit in a snare chief Clark this I cook for you with spicy as the Shoshone cook it you shouldn't do things like this sacaja we are do I not feed my own man well I bring you this because you work late many times forget to eat you notice everything don't you bird woman you make many marks in these books every night what do they mean chief Clark why they tell me how far we've come how far we have yet to go but I can tell you this chief Clark I know I make this record so that other white men can make the trip without your help they can tell by the marks the marks and the map map yes yeah you see this is the river and we're just about here yesterday we made camp at this bend back here now that means we made about 24 miles today it does not look like the river chief Clark no but it represents the river sacaja we are just as your people make a mark so and it means bird it doesn't look like a bird but our mark does not tell the color of the bird or how far it has flown will you teach me chief Clark so that I can teach my people well I'll try a sacaja we are good now I must tell you something which I know chief Clark and what's that I have seen lake fish in the rapids today we come to big blue water we must go slow through the blue water catch fish and game while we can the land beyond is worst of all and chief Clark yes I could you will if anything should happen to me do not leave my little batista shabano take him on to my people I promise I could and if anything should happen to me the books with the marks yes I will guard them with my life you are listening to the DuPont cavalcade of America presenting the story of sacaja we are starring Jeanette Nolan of the cavalcade players the cavalcade of America is brought to you each Monday by DuPont maker of better things for better living through chemistry and they came to the blue lake water the strange procession of boats flying upstream and westward following the centuries-old white man's dream of a northwest passage to the western sea a band of white men and a tiny Indian woman a papoose strapped to a strong straight back back of your ear why you told the captain to make us walk like slaves the store of the food there is fish there is plenty game in each part we come to bad land beyond this blue water we must save all the food we can even so they will not be enough why we don't turn back shabano why do you have so much fear in your heart is it because you cannot put marks on people oh maybe you want him to teach you to write he teaches me so I can teach my people so they will know of men who have gone before even dead men that is the greatest knowledge of all shabano I keep my knowledge to myself and stay alive can you not understand those books are more important to chief Clark than hunger than even his life I bet if he lose all he might turn back up maybe not with the instruments he can go on make maps of shoshone country the instrument the heavy pack the thing he used to look at his son shabano what are you thinking why nothing so I could give a nothing at all I I'm glad you told me about those things I take good care of them I take very good care of them but sacaja we are was troubled and she watched the things which were so precious to the white captains and shabano knew she would guard them with her life as they sailed into a narrow channel at the end of the blue water give her in close shabano maybe a place to camp near here watch those packs we're shipping a little water she's black look white water ahead squall coming up enter into the wind shabano enter into it we should put the short after that now say they put her into the wind she comes out of the way I'll go with it it's over what's there coming into your ground shabano grab that pack I'm going overboard we ought to be strong shabano you're in for sure you're a cool woman you almost run us all for those packs all right feature all right now I was pretty close better get the things out and drive give me a hand there shabano plenty lucky we save the boat captain Clark save the boat do you realize what we'd have lost if it hadn't been for your wife say could you we I don't know how we can ever thank you please please don't shabano if I thought you'd tried to push those packs in the water no no I don't think he meant to do that well maybe not after this I think you better steer one of the other boat shabano you see how it is sure I see how it is captain Clark the river branches into three forks I frankly confess I don't know which to take any of you want to turn back may do so with honor but chief Clark if they turn back who will guide them to the hunting ground the man atari the Dakota never they will kill and kill for it is a time of great hunger in the plane captain Clark says we don't even know which walk of the river to take I know which work to take that will lead you to my people what you said yesterday you didn't remember this country but I remember the war paint of my tribe it is yellow the water of this fork of the river is yellow it must lead to show me country follow it and you will see how many days we've been in your show me country now sackage we're having days almost eat where your people I cannot see maybe they already know that we are here we can only go on always rain like this yes at this time of year hunger also there is little game here my people are cool whoa he's hungry too no it is my people they have seen us why don't they come out to meet us because they are afraid they think maybe it is better to kill us I make a bird call I remember when I am baby maybe they hear maybe they remember wait here I go to meet them no second to we have any kid you if I do not go they may kill us all wait for me to park man get around close make sure your powders dry with my order to fire there comes one of them now heading this way hold your fire a second you may be alone no they're right then get your muskets ready hey don't fire sackage we are watching all is well this is black bull great chief of sure show me my brother welcome my chief the country of all people and sackage we as people gave them horses for the trip over the snowy passes of the western mountains and at last they came to the river called the snake after her tribe of the Shoshone nation and they sailed down the broad river among leaping salmon sackage we are the little bird woman and the tall white she heard that sound yes around this bend I think we've seen what we've come to see that is good yes there it is sackage we are not handling men it is like thunder what is it it's the noise of the great salt water a western ocean what is it sackage we are this is the end of our journey aren't you happy now happy for me there is nothing for it means I must leave you and go with my people this is goodbye chief Clark but before I go I wish you to promise you will take my little son my little buddy back with you I want him to grow up to be white man I want my son to be like you what about Shabono and you he does not love the child I belong with my people the show show me will you do this for me chief Clark yes yes I could you I will seasons pass into months the months into years and in the year 1811 in the busy new Rivertown of St. Louis lives Captain William Clark one night as he sits at his desk in the study of his ample mansion Augusta wind disarranges his papers and he looks up with a start so I could you we are how did you get in here I have come to kill you I could you we are I am sure surely snake woman but what is it what's happened I believe and trusted you you told me no harm would come to my people because you said I gave you my faith but you knew the white men would follow you to our land that they would drive my people away cheat us and rob us I led you to my land and my people I promised them new freedom new life and it was I who brought them slavery and death now I want this for myself and for my people your life I could you listen liar is this yes but he's this lady I am sure show me child show show me yes I know daddy told me didn't you daddy what mother I second you we are this is my wife you you are very beautiful I've always wanted to meet you you must be so happy come but it's your bedtime good night good night daddy good night son you'll excuse me he's very tired can I kiss the show show me lady good night too I yes I'm I think you better good night show me lady good night but come on Saka Javier he will make fine mother for my little but yet you believe that Saka Javier can you believe anything about me yes Chief Clark I believe Saka Javier I promise you these wrongs you speak up will be made right they must be if it takes my life I'll bring help to your people just be kind to us that's all we want goodbye white chief I must go now I must return to my people Saka Javier are you going alone I am going alone so it was that William Clark came to here of the sorrow that had befallen Saka Javier's people and the great white father in Washington heard to and we grieve and he formed a council of white chiefs to do something to make a man and as head of that council he appointed William Clark of chemistry at work in our world DuPont brings you news of the war against food waste in which chemistry is proving itself a smart soldier the sparkling transparency of cellophane cellulose film for example lets you see the food you're buying and keeps it clean but cellophane has another job too conserving food and helping to prevent food waste take baked goods breads rolls cakes and biscuits all come to you in this moisture proof wrapping cellophane safeguards their freshness from the oven to your table and products of the farm benefit to cellophane helps to keep tomatoes celery spinach berries and other fresh fruits and vegetables from spoiling quick frozen food the most modern form of food conservation are also protected by cellophane which keeps them from drying out also a handy role of moisture proof cellophane has been developed for the housewife's use in conserving leftover foods and eliminating waste chemistry also reduces waste in agriculture DuPont chemists protect the farmer's seed against fungus attack assuring him greater yield and better quality just as chemical fertilizers and insecticides assure him greater yields and higher quality of his harvest special chemicals have been compounded to cut down waste even in fruit orchards apples for example often ripen and fall from the trees before the grower can pick them and a bruised apple is not only less appetizing but it also spoils harm own hormone chemicals sprayed in the trees toughens the stems of ripening apples and makes them hang on longer trees that normally lose as much as half of their fruit when treated with parmoan drop comparatively few apples instead of the dozens and even hundreds that fall from unsprayed trees again chemistry cuts down waste diseases of farm animals cost the United States 200 million dollars a year and many of the diseases of cattle hogs and sheep are due to worms worms aren't a very pleasant subject but there's something the stock raiser must deal with because they mean scrawny animals decreased weight and stock deterioration recently the United States Department of Agriculture aided by DuPont chemists developed a worm medicine for cattle sheep hogs and poultry called phenothia zine until recently phenothia zine amounted a little more than a laboratory curiosity it was originally classed as an insecticide but tests have established beyond doubt that stock and poultry breeders now have a highly effective weapon against waste there's little doubt that in the near future we Americans are going to have to tighten our belts and wrestle with this problem of conserving food as never before with food conservation as with so many other problems we can rely upon the aid of the chemist who brings us in the words of the DuPont pledge better things for better living through chemistry next week the cavalcade of America presents Carl Swenson in the stirring and dramatic story of leaf Erexon long before Columbus anchored his three vessels off the shores of the new world this heroic Viking is believed to have founded the first colony on the eastern coastline of this continent in our story of chemistry at work in our world we will tell you how chemistry is aiding in the solution of some of our national defense problems by helping to eliminate bottlenecks and speed production we hope you'll join us next week at the same time when DuPont again present the cavalcade of America in support of Jeanette Nolan as Sackajouille on tonight's program where the cavalcade players with John McIntyre as William Clark Ted Jewitt as Mary with a Lewis and Edwin Jerome as Charbonneau our drama was written by Robert Talman and Robert L. Richard the orchestra and the original musical score were under the direction of Don Woorie on the cavalcade of America your announcer is Clayton Collier sending best wishes from DuPont the red network of the national broadcasting company