The Texas Frontier

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Across
  1. 1. ____ were introduced to Texas in the 1500s when Spanish explorers brought herds from Spain and Mexico.
  2. 4. By the time the Civil War ended, the number of longhorn cattle in Texas had grown to about five ____.
  3. 5. ____ were ranch workers.
  4. 6. With the development of the railroad, cattle ____ became a thing of the past.
  5. 8. After the Civil War ended, Texas settlers wrote to U.S. government leaders asking for ____ from Indian raids.
  6. 9. Native American depended on ____ to meet many of their basic needs.
  7. 10. The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, occurred on _____ 28, 1874.
Down
  1. 2. Some of Gail Borden's earliest jobs were as a land surveyor, a _____, a farmer, and a newspaper publisher.
  2. 3. In 1832, Stephen F. Austin appointed Gail Borden to his committee of _______.
  3. 7. Using the ____ trail, cowhands could move cattle from Texas to Kansas.