Early American Writing

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Across
  1. 4. Genre that explains cultural beliefs, as in The World on the Turtle’s Back.
  2. 5. Key characters representing balance in The World on the Turtle’s Back.
  3. 8. Desire or theme in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.
  4. 10. Role of Coyote in Native American folktales.
  5. 14. Played a role in the survival stories of explorers like Cabeza de Vaca.
  6. 15. Symbolic place in The Way to Rainy Mountain.
Down
  1. 1. Theme in The Way to Rainy Mountain regarding the Kiowa people.
  2. 2. Important concept in La Relacion and Momaday’s Rainy Mountain.
  3. 3. Event that stranded Cabeza de Vaca in La Relacion.
  4. 6. Genre of Equiano’s life story.
  5. 7. Plays a role in The World on the Turtle's Back.
  6. 9. Situation experienced by Equiano as a slave.
  7. 11. Native American tribe described by N. Scott Momaday.
  8. 12. Animal whose horns are central to Coyote's story.
  9. 13. Type of experience Cabeza de Vaca described with indigenous tribes.