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