As soon as the Captain saw the
man who was observed as a
Shoshone, he ran up to him
holding the trinkets in the air.
He was shouting "Ta-ba-bone!
Ta-ba-bone!" which according
to Sacagawea was the Shoshone
word for 'White man'. He
stopped at a hundred paces,
then proceeded. "Ta-ba-bone!
Ta-ba-bone!" He pulled up his
sleeve and showed the man on
the horse his forearm which was
untanned. Suddenly, the man
turned and rode off.
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