| A | B |
|---|
| apprentice | A person who works for someone in order to learn a job |
| cache | hiding place for a mountain man's supplies and furs |
| Ashley's Hundred | men who answered William Henry Ashley’s newspaper ad to work as fur trappers |
| pools of boiling mud and erupting geysers | John Colter story most people find hard to believe |
| mad | crazy, insane |
| blaze | to find & mark new trails |
| trailblazers | people who find & mark new trails |
| hatter | Someone who makes hats |
| half million | This many settlers traveled west during the 1800s |
| oxen | type of animal did most pioneers use to pull their wagons |
| Independence, Missouri | city most of the Western trails began |
| 4-6 months | About how long it took to make the journey west |
| roadometer | invention that recorded the number of miles traveled by the wagons |
| cholera | one of the most deadly diseases faced by the pioneers |
| Early Spring | Time of year pioneers needed to leave |
| Buffalo chips | Dried buffalo droppings used as fuel |
