| A | B |
|---|
| steel-drivin' | using a hammer to pound a pointed piece of steel into rock |
| drive | force a piece of metal into a rock with a hammer |
| steam drill | a steam powered machine used to cut through rock |
| yonder | in the distance; over there |
| choke | clog or block |
| locomotive | an engine used to pull railroad cars |
| farewell | goodbye |
| mighty | very |
| slave catchers | people who captured runaway slaves and returned them to their owners for money |
| weather'd | passed through safely |
| rock | hardship; torture |
| exulting | rejoicing; showing great joy |
| keel | the center piece of timber along the bottom of the ship |
| victor | winner |
| tread | step; walk |
| lantern | a lamp that can be covered and carried or hung up |
| dread | great worry or fear |
| impetuous | acting in sudden way without thinking about what might happen |
| defiance | refusing to do something you are told to do |
| peril | great danger |
