History Chapter 8

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Across
  1. 5. be absorbed
  2. 8. Stray calves that are not branded
  3. 9. Explored the region with an army expedition in 1819
  4. 13. stalked a claim in Six-mile Canyon
  5. 14. A tract of public land available for settlement
  6. 15. Wire with sharp spikes to keep people out of an area
  7. 17. American breed of beef cattle
  8. 18. a vast area of grassland owned by the government
  9. 19. large wheat farms that covered several hundred acres
  10. 20. Commander of the Seventh Cavalry
Down
  1. 1. creating of two large reservations on the plains
  2. 2. Richest silver mine in American history
  3. 3. Plant seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them to grow.
  4. 4. Breaking up of reservations
  5. 6. Allotted each head of household 160 acres
  6. 7. When ranchers rounded up cattle and drove 260,000 in 1866
  7. 10. using simple equipment like picks, shovels, and pans
  8. 11. People who roamed vast distances following buffalo
  9. 12. People sho plowed the soil on the Plains
  10. 16. Payments to reservation dwellers at least once a year