| A | B |
| axle | pin, pole or bar on which wheel revolves |
| cholera | disease of humans and domestic animals marked by sever gastrointestinal symptoms |
| conestoga | broad wheel covered wagon used to carry freightn across the prairie |
| ford | to cross (a body of water) by wading |
| homestead | to settle on public land to use as a home |
| livestock | animals kept or raised on a farm |
| pioneer | one of the first to settle in a new territory |
| emigrant | a person who leaves one's place fo residence or country to live somewhere else |
| forage | food for animals especially when taken by browsing or grazing |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (oxen) are joined at the heads and necks for working together |