| A | B |
|---|
| wanderlust | strong desire to explore |
| voyageur | French Canadian fur traders |
| portages | passages around river obstacles |
| North West Company | Montreal based fur trading company |
| steersman | man that directed men where to paddle |
| aspirations | dreams |
| nuisance | name for a pest |
| insignificant | extremely unimportant |
| skeptical | having doubts |
| enthusiastically | very exicited about a thing |
| tolerated | putting up with someone annoying |
| irritate | anger is building up |
| parcels | voyageur packages |
| innoncence | opposite of guilt |
| commotion | a loud or chaotic disturbance |
| roused | making someone get up in a hurry |
| inhumane | treating another especially cruelly |
| aromatic | smelling bad |
| merriment | having a good time |
| absentmindedly | making errors from not paying attention |
| ragout | French word for stew |
| fatigued | very tired |
| incandescent | extremely bright |
| stockade | wooden fence aroud a fort |
| braggarts | people who keep saying how good they are |
| festivities | joyful parties |
| philosophize | thinking about complex life topics |
| anxious | nervously agitated |
| anticipation | eagerly awaiting something |
