Across
- 2. a person who is the first to accomplish something new
- 4. material used in wagon covers
- 5. boat that crossed rivers
- 6. war between the north and south in America
- 7. large animal like a deer
- 8. cracker-like food; made with flour and water
- 9. plains fuel
- 11. carbonated water landmark
- 13. overlanders hoped to reach this landmark by the 4th of July
- 19. bridge built with logs set crossways
- 21. 1849 movement to find riches in the west
- 22. ex.Laramie, Bridger, Hall
- 24. animal ____ were followed by hunters on the trail for food
- 25. strong livestock used to pull wagons
- 28. illness marked by lack of vitamin C
- 29. large purchase of land from the French
- 31. illness that was a major cause of death on the trail
- 32. women and girls avoided tanned skin by wearing a ___
Down
- 1. held a pair of oxen
- 2. mail system used for a short time
- 3. small mammal found on trail
- 10. jumping off point for the Oregon Trail
- 12. left south to make new lives
- 14. continental _____
- 15. chosen leader of the wagon train
- 16. ___ were people who traveled along the Oregon Trail
- 17. animals that carried malaria
- 18. moved west for religious freedom
- 20. tool used to make butter
- 23. method to move west
- 26. pot used to cook in
- 27. people who returned home on the trail
- 29. house built with notched logs
- 30. seeing the ___ was a phrase that meant a person had seen too much hardship on the trail