Chapter 17

3. story or ledend; imaginary object; invented story
4. a leader known for his fearlessness in battle
7. area set aside by the government for Native Americans
8. Colonel Chivington attacked the Cheyennes here even though the Cheyennes raised a white flag to signal peace
10. farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s
11. unfenced land
12. settler who acquired free land offered by the government
13. a territory where a battle between Colonel Custer and the Sioux & Cheyennes
14. the Populists supported this Democrat because he supported using silver to raise prices; known as "Great Commoner"
17. herding and moving of cattle over long distances
18. a dance where Native Americans believe they were talking to the ghosts of their ancestors
19. marked the end of an era of Indian Wars
21. to live in; to dwell for a while
23. region dominated by the cattle industry
24. general rise in prices
27. to break a rule or law
29. an area of land where $300 million worth of silver was produced
30. to endure; to continue in the face of difficulty
31. self-appointed law enforcer

1. settlement at the end of a cattle trail
2. involving work done by hand
5. rail line that spans the continent
6. offered 160-acre plots of land to the poor who resided on the land for five years
7. not willing to do something
9. grant of land or money
15. Deere man who invented a sodbusting plow made of steel
16. group of farmers who met for lectures; sewing bees; and other events
20. group of farmers who pool their money to make large purchases of tools, seeds, and other supplies at a discount
22. to move into a foreign region or country
25. person who sneaked onto the land before the start of the Oklahoma land rush
26. excess; quantity that is left over
28. African Americans, many of them were former slaves, streamed onto the Plains