| A | B |
|---|
| settlers | people who travel to a little known area and make a home |
| derbies | stiff felt hats with rounded tops and narrow brims |
| sombreros | large straw hats with tall tops and broad brims |
| homburgs | soft felt hats with dented tops and rolled brims |
| drenching | soaking |
| suited | fitted the needs of |
| frontier | unexplored land |
| territory | a region or area of land |
| pioneers | people who are the first to settle in a region |
| tuberculosis | a disease that affects the lungs |
| determined | sticking to a purpose |
| opportunity | a good chance |
| prairie | a wide area of flat or rolling land with tall grass and few trees |
| tanned | changed animal hide to leather by soaking it in chemicals |
| scoffed | made fun of |
| pelts | skins of animals with hair or fur still on it |
| sapling | a small tree |
| swig | a large swallow of liquid |
| matted | tangled or twisted |
| scorching | burning hot |
| picturesque | very beautiful |
| unique | one of a kind |
