Across
- 4. an abandoned boomtown
- 6. houses on the Great Plains built of dirt/sod
- 8. a railroad that connected the east coast of the U.S. to the west coast
- 10. moving a herd of longhorn cattle a long distance
- 11. wind powered mechanism that pulled water from deep in the ground
- 12. the leader of the Nez Perce tribe, led his people on a 1,500 mile march
- 13. Apache Indian chief who led raids against the settlers
- 14. metal fence used to create fences on the plains
Down
- 1. how the settlers described the Great Plains
- 2. nomadic Indians who hunted buffalo for survival
- 3. also known as "Custer's Last Stand"
- 5. an 1860 law that gave settlers 160 acres of land for a small registration fee
- 7. the leader of the US Army at the Battle of Little Bighorn
- 9. an adapted version of the wooden plow