A | B |
boom | a time of fast economic growth |
prospector | person who searches for gold, silver, or other minerals |
Long Drive | trip made to lead cattle to market or railroads |
homesteader | person living on land granted by government |
reservation | land set aside by government for use by Native Americans |
houses of blocks of grass | sod houses |
collecting rain water in ditches near rows of crops | dry farming |
"I am tired of fighting" | Chief Joseph |
barbed wire | kept cattle out of farmers crops |
buffalo | source of food, shelter and tools for Native Americans |