American History 2 Chapter 13 Vocab Part 2

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Across
  1. 5. on December 29, 1890 a starving group of 350 Sioux Natives were rounded up by the Seventh Cavalry, demanded their weapons, a shot was fired and the whole group was slaughtered
  2. 6. the first cattle drive from Texas to Fort Sumner, New Mexico and then on to Colorado beginning in 1866
  3. 7. the poker hand of a pair of aces and eights held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was gunned down
  4. 8. a breed of cattle, originally from Spain, roaming Texas known for their hardiness and survivability on long cattle drives
  5. 9. the major route taken by most cattle drives from San Antonio, Texas through the Oklahoma Indian Territory and on to Kansas, where the railroad was
  6. 10. an 1862 law passed to offer ownership of 160 acre tracts of land to settlers willing to live there for 5 years and make improvements
Down
  1. 1. traveling entertainment depicting life in the west by William F. Cody, including mock battles, cowboys and Native Americans, including Chief Sitting Bull
  2. 2. Spanish cowboys of whom the American cowboy earned their trade, equipment and secrets
  3. 3. a spiritual movement among many Native tribes including the Sioux, which preached the return of all fallen warriors to fight the U.S. Army
  4. 4. the overland transport of cattle from Texas to the markets in Kansas, often lasting for 3 or 4 more months