Across
- 4. land set aside for Native Americans to live on
- 6. people who already snuck onto the land
- 8. settlement at the end of a cattle trail
- 10. settlers who acquired free land from the government
- 11. self-appointed law keepers
- 14. a surface layer of earth in which the roots of grasses tangle with soil
- 15. a Democrat known as the "Great Commoner"
- 16. led attacks to keep whites out
- 17. grants of land or money
- 18. herding and moving of cattle over long distances
Down
- 1. railroad like that spanned the continent
- 2. the region dominated by the cattle industry and it's ranches, trails, and cow towns
- 3. cone-shaped tents made of buffalo skins
- 5. unfenced land
- 7. Spanish word for cowhand/cowboy
- 9. groups of farmers who pool their money to make large purchases of tools, seed, and other supplies at a discount
- 12. small sleds
- 13. groups of farmers who met for lectures, sewing bees, and other events
- 16. plains farmers