Across
- 2. Cowboy
- 4. Carrying canoes and supplies across river
- 5. Vanquish
- 8. Expanding a nation beyond existing borders
- 9. A colony under the rule of a monarch
- 12. To add
- 13. Self-supporting
- 16. A district near a border
- 17. Government gifts
- 19. Small religious settlements
- 21. The land beyond a settlement
- 22. A person who moves from one country to another
- 23. A written document granting land
- 26. Overcome
- 27. A plant used to make valuable blue dye
- 28. Boss
Down
- 1. A branch of a river or stream
- 3. People who are in prison for owing money
- 4. A Spanish fort
- 6. Not plentiful
- 7. One person rule
- 10. A safe place
- 11. Long-lasting
- 14. An owner
- 15. A large estate
- 18. A large green chile
- 20. Son of something
- 24. A monk
- 25. An area of land that serves as a barrier
- 29. Violent street ruffian