THE WESTERN JOURNAL CROSSWARD

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Across
  1. 2. huge area west of the Rocky Mountains
  2. 4. William B. Travis
  3. 7. a trail that leads to Oregon Country
  4. 8. the U.S. had the right to spread across the continent
  5. 12. a ruler with absolute power and authority
  6. 13. flat-bottomed boats
  7. 14. American Indians who live in towns made of mud, rock, and other materials
  8. 15. the right to vote
  9. 16. able to produce enough for one needs
Down
  1. 1. nickname created for the miners that arrived in California during the Gold Rush
  2. 3. runs from Cumberland, Maryland to the Ohio River at Wheeling, Virginia
  3. 5. income
  4. 6. pioneers who lived and worked in the wilderness
  5. 9. Indian and Mexican cowhands who tend the cattle and other animals
  6. 10. when enemy forces try to capture a city or fort by surrounding it
  7. 11. private meeting