| A | B |
| native americans of chicago | Patawatomi Indians |
| wigwam | style of native american housing |
| harvest | crop gathering |
| Louis Joliet | early french explorer |
| Father Jacques Marquette | French missionary sent to convert native americans to Christianity |
| Jean Baptiste DuSable | Hatian who set up trading post on the banks of Chicago River. |
| Greenville Treaty | american Indians agree to give up a large amount of land in the Northwest Territory |
| 1837 | charter is officially drawn to make Chicago a city |