| 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 (lower front edge) |
| 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 |
| form | as a noun, a mold used to give shape to something |
| tuberculosis | a disease that usually affects the lungs and in the past often resulted in death |
| gear | equipment used for a specific activity |
| adventurers | travelers in search of unusual or exciting experiences |
| 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 | the skins of animals with hair or fur still on it |
| hatchet | a small ax |
| sapling | a young tree |
| swig | a large swallow of liquid |
| matted | as a verb, to become tangled or twisted |
| scorching | burning hot |
| picturesque | very beautiful |
| distinctive | unusual |
| unique | one of a kind |
| drum up | an expression meaning "to try to get business" |
| wranglers | cowboys |
| gamble | a risk |
| corral | a fenced-in place where cattle or horses are kept |
| decoy | an object used to take attention away from one thing and move it onto another |
