American West

6. The process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society
8. American express mail service which used relays of horse-mounted riders
9. Act allowing any adult citizen to claim 160 acres of surveyed government land
10. The process of moving cattle across country
13. A man who herds and tends cattle
14. Region sold to the US by the Mexican government in 1854
15. African American cavalry soldier

1. Area of land reserved for a tribe by the US Government
2. Deadly route for natives forced to Oklahoma
3. Members of the private security guard and detective agency by the same name
4. Ritual dance believed to be able to drive away white people and restore the traditional lands
5. Belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America
7. Common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters
11. Resulting chaos of land being opened to homesteading
12. Convoy of covered horse-drawn wagons driven by pioneers