Across
- 5. be absorbed
- 8. Stray calves that are not branded
- 9. Explored the region with an army expedition in 1819
- 13. stalked a claim in Six-mile Canyon
- 14. A tract of public land available for settlement
- 15. Wire with sharp spikes to keep people out of an area
- 17. American breed of beef cattle
- 18. a vast area of grassland owned by the government
- 19. large wheat farms that covered several hundred acres
- 20. Commander of the Seventh Cavalry
Down
- 1. creating of two large reservations on the plains
- 2. Richest silver mine in American history
- 3. Plant seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them to grow.
- 4. Breaking up of reservations
- 6. Allotted each head of household 160 acres
- 7. When ranchers rounded up cattle and drove 260,000 in 1866
- 10. using simple equipment like picks, shovels, and pans
- 11. People who roamed vast distances following buffalo
- 12. People sho plowed the soil on the Plains
- 16. Payments to reservation dwellers at least once a year