| A | B |
| journey | trip, a day's travel |
| musket | a shoulder gun carried by infantry |
| latch | a fastener ( as on a door where a bolt slides into a hole) |
| timid | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| wilderness | a region or area where no people live |
| harness | equipment put on a work animal |
| coarse | rough in texture |
| hollowed | a part taken out of a whole |
| pallisade | a fence of stakes for defense, a line of bold cliffs |
| solemn | quiet, respectful time to think about an event |
| tiresome | something that becomes boring because it takes a long time to do it. |
| fretful | to pass time worrying. |
| savage | a person who is rude and has no manners, someone who is not civilized |
| porridge | food made by boiling grain in milk or water until it gets thick like oatmeal |