Across
- 1. An area of public land in the West granted to any US citizen willing to settle on and farm the land for at least five years
- 3. Looking exhausted and unwell especially from worry or suffering
- 4. The stranger that appeared on Starrett’s homestead
- 5. What is used when riding a horse
- 6. What a female does to show respect when meet someone
- 9. Searching for precious stones or metals
- 10. A pen to keep cattle
- 14. The peddler that tried to take advantage of Joe
- 15. Unable to be taken way from or given away by the possessor
- 16. Bob’s father who strong
- 17. What Shane gets Bob at the Saloon
- 18. One of Fletcher’s cowboys that made fun of Shane
- 20. The narrator of the story
- 21. A problem or responsibility that does not go away and that makes it difficult or impossible to do or achieve something
- 26. The owner of the saloon and general store
- 27. Another name for living room
- 28. Widespread respect and admiration
- 29. To move something in a different position with a jerk
Down
- 2. Gunfighter hired by Fletcher to harass the homesteaders
- 4. A hat
- 7. Marian stump
- 8. The law man that was a 100 miles away
- 11. The homesteader that was killed by Wilson
- 12. Bob’s mother who loved to cook
- 13. The homesteader that was at the saloon when Ernie was killed
- 19. Where the novel takes place
- 21. Mimicking or make fun of someone
- 22. The object that Joe and Shane worked on very long and hard
- 23. The state where Shane is thought to be his home state
- 24. To enter into a formal and legal binding agreement
- 25. The cattle rancher that has a contract to fulfill
