The Birchbark House

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Across
  1. 3. great in strength, power, or amount
  2. 4. a long pointed tool used for making holes in wood
  3. 5. a large group of many Native American tribes, some of whom were the Ojibwa and the Algonquin
  4. 6. unemotional
  5. 8. causing trouble in a playful way
  6. 12. pausing before saying or doing something
  7. 13. closed or sescured
  8. 16. thinly scattered; meager
  9. 23. a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen
  10. 25. remarkably important; amazing
  11. 29. the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening; stupor
  12. 31. pale; sickly
  13. 33. anger or annoyance caused by unfair treatment
  14. 36. to destroy or take by force; to lay waste
  15. 39. disappointment or distress caused by something unexpected
  16. 42. thinking deeply about something; pondering
  17. 44. being full of opposing emotions
  18. 48. not able to be identified as different or separate
  19. 50. a find clay soil that becomes sticky and waterproof when wet
  20. 52. firmly warned or scolded someone
  21. 55. cried; howled; wailed
  22. 56. differed strikingly
  23. 59. keeping careful watch for possible danger
Down
  1. 1. hesitant; cautious
  2. 2. contempt; scorn; the feeling that someone is unworthy of respect
  3. 7. to store away for future use
  4. 9. to spread something, such as the fingers, out and apart
  5. 10. to join in or to share with others
  6. 11. the state of limiting the movements of someone or something by enclosing or restraining
  7. 14. mocking
  8. 15. the quality of being extreme or intense; the state of being ferocious
  9. 17. able to be easily bent without breaking
  10. 18. showing that a person or thing is worthless; scorn; disdain
  11. 19. deliberately cruel or violent
  12. 20. sleepily
  13. 21. one very infectious disease caused by a virus that once killed many people around the world
  14. 22. the act of turning something aside from its course; rerouting
  15. 24. a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility because of extreme tiredness, illness or intoxication
  16. 25. soft, crumbly wood that has been attached by a fungus, sometimes used as tinder to start a fire (or used in a baby's diaper to absorb liquid)
  17. 26. firmly determined to do something
  18. 27. French Canadian fur traders in the Great Lakes region
  19. 28. to cow or frighten someone, especially to force them to do something they don't really want to do
  20. 30. very; extremely (cold)
  21. 32. a narrow strip of leather used as a fastener
  22. 34. sent for or called for someone to be present; invited
  23. 35. gloomy; cheerless
  24. 37. arrogantly proud and superior; disdainful
  25. 38. the outer covering of the American paper birch tree, used to make canoes and containers
  26. 40. borrowed something without intending to return it or pay it back
  27. 41. not easily understood
  28. 43. certain to happen; unavoidable
  29. 45. attracting and holding the curiosity or interest of someone with fascinating or compelling qualities; captivate
  30. 46. loud, hearty laughs
  31. 47. to fly in a wide circle
  32. 49. to suppress something; smother
  33. 51. calming; soothing
  34. 53. paid close attention to something; heeded
  35. 54. made a face showing disgust, pain, or disapproval
  36. 57. an open container, usually shaped like a box
  37. 58. an area of marshy, reedy water that may only occur during wet seasons