Across
- 3. story or ledend; imaginary object; invented story
- 4. a leader known for his fearlessness in battle
- 7. area set aside by the government for Native Americans
- 8. Colonel Chivington attacked the Cheyennes here even though the Cheyennes raised a white flag to signal peace
- 10. farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s
- 11. unfenced land
- 12. settler who acquired free land offered by the government
- 13. a territory where a battle between Colonel Custer and the Sioux & Cheyennes
- 14. the Populists supported this Democrat because he supported using silver to raise prices; known as "Great Commoner"
- 17. herding and moving of cattle over long distances
- 18. a dance where Native Americans believe they were talking to the ghosts of their ancestors
- 19. marked the end of an era of Indian Wars
- 21. to live in; to dwell for a while
- 23. region dominated by the cattle industry
- 24. general rise in prices
- 27. to break a rule or law
- 29. an area of land where $300 million worth of silver was produced
- 30. to endure; to continue in the face of difficulty
- 31. self-appointed law enforcer
Down
- 1. settlement at the end of a cattle trail
- 2. involving work done by hand
- 5. rail line that spans the continent
- 6. offered 160-acre plots of land to the poor who resided on the land for five years
- 7. not willing to do something
- 9. grant of land or money
- 15. Deere man who invented a sodbusting plow made of steel
- 16. group of farmers who met for lectures; sewing bees; and other events
- 20. group of farmers who pool their money to make large purchases of tools, seeds, and other supplies at a discount
- 22. to move into a foreign region or country
- 25. person who sneaked onto the land before the start of the Oklahoma land rush
- 26. excess; quantity that is left over
- 28. African Americans, many of them were former slaves, streamed onto the Plains