Chapter 17 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. Spanish for cowboy
  2. 5. self-appointed law keepers
  3. 7. unfenced land
  4. 9. a settlement at the end of a cattle trail
  5. 13. land set aside for Native Americans to live on
  6. 14. known as the "Great Commoner"
  7. 16. a cone shaped tent made of buffalo skin
  8. 17. plains farmers
  9. 18. settlers who acquired free land from the government
  10. 20. a general rise prices
Down
  1. 1. grants of land or money
  2. 2. the region that was dominated by the cattle industry
  3. 4. a railroad line that spanned the continent
  4. 6. groups of farmers who pool their money to make large purchases for supplies at a discount
  5. 8. a small sled
  6. 10. people who snuck onto the land
  7. 11. groups of farmers who met for lectures
  8. 12. the herding and moving of cattle over long distances
  9. 15. Bull a Native American who killed his first buffalo at the age of 10
  10. 19. a surface layer of earth in which the roots of grasses tangle with soil