Wild west

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Across
  1. 4. derived from vaquero, a Spanish word for an individual who managed cattle while mounted on horseback.
  2. 6. an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States
  3. 7. use as a portal to the American West by explorers, traders and settlers as the United States began its westward expansion.
  4. 8. rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership.
Down
  1. 1. abandoned town after the gold rush
  2. 2. the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another
  3. 3. towns built around mining and other natural resources.
  4. 5. where cattle would roam freely from place to place