Pioneers of the 1800s

2. A type of cattle used for pulling wagons or heavy loads.
5. The region of a country bordering on another.
7. To move from one area or region to another.
9. A vast region of dry grassland in the middle of the United States.
12. A famous Pioneer who fought Native Americans, was a bear huntsman, and died in the Alamo.
14. To acquire land.
15. A mountain range in western America that the Oregon trail passed through.
16. A fertile valley south of the Columbia River in which most pioneers traveled to.
19. A law signed in 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the Great Plains

1. A house made out of logs.
3. Someone who leaves one country or region to settle in another.
4. A migrating route starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles long.
6. The movement of thousands of Americans from eastern America to the Oregon region.
7. One of the first to settle in Oregon Country who wanted to teach Native Americans Christianity.
8. A line of stout posts set firmly to form defense against Native Americans.
10. A person who is among those who first enter or settle a region.
11. To trade a good or service for another good or service.
13. A type of covered wagon, similar to but smaller than the Conestoga wagon.
17. Horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
18. Furs commonly traded on the Oregon Trail.