| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | to adjust or change to fit something new |
| ancestry | the people from whom one comes; forefathers and foremothers |
| frontier | the region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area |
| scout | a person sent out from a larger group to gather information |
| account | a story of an event |
| courting | trying to get another person to fall in love with you |
| diphtheria | a disease that gives a person a high fever, weakness, and makes it hard to breathe |
| immigrants | people who migrate to a different country to settle |
| freighter | a person who hauls good for pay |
| homesteading | claiming land by settling on it and farming it |
| agency | a government office that gives rules on the reservation |
| opinions | beliefs or thoughts |
| allotted | divided and given out as lots |
| agriculture | the raising of crops or livestock; farming |
| forage | food for animals like sheep or cattle |
| historian | a person who studies the past |
| steppes | treeless plains |
| tourism | traveling for fun |
| culture | ways of doing thing that are learned from one's society or community |
| traditions | customs passed down from older to younger people |
