Across
- 2. Laura’s aunt
- 3. man who brought the money for the men’s wages
- 6. an animal with a long,lonely,mournful howl
- 9. a severe winter storm
- 11. Pa’s nickname for Laura
- 14. coal,food and supplies to last the winter
- 16. cart pulled by horses or oxen for travelling
- 17. the wolves’ home
- 18. Laura’s mother
- 19. printed cotton fabric
- 20. sled pulled by horses for winter travel
- 24. the town where Pa filed his homestead claim
- 25. Laura’s older sister
- 27. the Ingall’s home before Silver Lake
- 30. Laura’s youngest sister, and baby of the family
- 31. someone new to the west or to homesteading
- 33. a type of small gun
- 36. tuberculosis
- 37. a smoky fire of old wet grass
- 40. infectious disease that made Mary blind
- 41. the game Pa created during the winter
Down
- 1. hung over the door for luck
- 4. the shine on Silver Lake created by night sky
- 5. the musical instrument Pa played
- 7. a triangular corner shelf with 3 legs
- 8. long strip of wood covering joins of siding
- 10. name of the townsite by Silver Lake
- 11. device heated on stove for pressing clothes
- 12. Metis man with a white horse
- 13. term for milk cow no longer producing milk
- 15. the big,beautiful bird Pa shot by accident
- 18. cold storage under the shanty’s floor
- 21. lightweight dress made of wool or cotton
- 22. parcel of land Pa will homestead
- 23. a special treat heated in fat on the stove
- 26. ground pawed by buffalo to roll in
- 28. Laura’s younger sister
- 29. Laura’s father
- 32. a small pond of water with grasses and mud
- 34. Pa hid the paymaster’s money here
- 35. people who measure and map the land
- 38. small simple shack
- 39. fuel for the lamps