The New Pup

 Dear Diary,                     May 14th, 1805

As soon as I sniffed her body, I knew that within her was a little pup. I was the first one to discover this, and knew the men and her would be caught by surprise in a few weeks. Her name is Sacajawea, otherwise known as bird woman. She is my companion. Sometimes she will kill little rats and mice, and sneak them my way to be eaten. We go on walks together, she pets me, gives me love, and cares about me. I can't even begin listing all of the things she has done for me, and now I am doing her a favor. Laying by her side, I am watching her give birth to the most beautiful little child I think I will ever see. She is experiencing excruciating pain, and has been in labor for a really long while. The captain is clueless on what to do to help her, but luckily a crew member suggests to break up a rattlesnake rattle into tiny pieces, and add it to water. This is supposed to quicken the baby's arrival. Sacajawea gladly took a drink of the special water, and sure enough, a few minutes later, her little child was born. I choose to bark his name as Pomp, but his full name is Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. From now, he will be the youngest member on our voyage, and become part of our big family.