| A | B |
|---|
| Paleo | Nomadic and earliest residents. |
| Archaic | Fished and gathered nuts and berries |
| Plains Woodlands | Buried dead in mounds |
| Central Plains | Seasonal hunters and lived in earth lodges. |
| Coalescent Tradition | Lived in villages and related to Ponca and Oto |
| Great Lakes | Where earliest tribes originated from |
| Coronado | Looked for cities of gold. |
| LaSalle | Claiemd all drained lands of the Mississippi River for France |
| Villasur | Found present day Columbus |
| James McKay | First trading post in Nebraska |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Took Louisiana Terrotory back from Spain |
| Marquette | Discovered Missouri River |
| Bourgmont | First to explore Nebraska |
| Thomas Jefferson | Bought Louisian Terr. for 15 million |
| Mallet Brothers | Explored present day Niobrara |
| Lewis and Clark | Corps of Diccovery to the Pacific Ocean |
| Early mssionary work | Convert Indians |
| FIrst Fort | Fort Kearney |
| Prairie Schooner | Method of transp. for Oregon Trail |
| John C. Fremont | Great pathfinder |
| Zeb Pike | Great Sandy Desert |
| Rendezvous | Once a yeaer trading for trappers to conduct business |
| Mormon Trail | Alternative Route of the Oregon Trail |
| Natural Highway | Platte River |
| Atkinson and Long | Yellowstone Expedition |
| Flat | What Platte means in French |
| Other names for Oregon Trail | Calif. Trail, Platte River Road, and Overland Trail |
| Briggham Young | Mormon Leader |
| 1/2 million | Travellers that came through Nebr. durinf Oregon and other trails |
| Lewis and Clark Goal | Water route to Pacific Ocean |
| Why forts were established? | supplies, protection, companionship, and news |
| Native Americans traded with settlers | guns, knives, cooking pots and whiskey |
| Major city of trade | St Louis Missouri |
| When did Oregon trail leave | April and May |
