THE WESTERN JOURNAL CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 4. runs from Cumberland, Maryland to the Ohio River at Wheeling, Virginia
  2. 6. the U.S. had the right to spread across the continent
  3. 8. flat-bottomed boats
  4. 10. huge area west of the Rocky Mountains
  5. 11. the right to vote
  6. 12. a trail that leads to Oregon Country
  7. 13. private meeting
  8. 14. a ruler with absolute power and authority
  9. 15. nickname created for the miners that arrived in California during the Gold Rush
Down
  1. 1. American Indians who live in towns made of mud, rock, and other materials
  2. 2. income
  3. 3. able to produce enough for one needs
  4. 5. William B. Travis
  5. 7. Indian and Mexican cowhands who tend the cattle and other animals
  6. 9. pioneers who lived and worked in the wilderness
  7. 11. when enemy forces try to capture a city or fort by surrounding it