Chase Science
A tent made of skins and made by the american indians of the great plains
Tepee
process of moving herds of cattle from one place to another
Cattle Drive
a small town or city /western north america
cow towns
a person who seachers for mineral deposits
prospectors
slang for a farmer
sodbuster
a dance meant to drive away the white people
ghost dance
selling goods in large quanities
wholesale
a north american bison
buffalo
the first continueos railroad line across the U.S.
TCR
A deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants
ghose town
a U.S. army soldier who died at little bighorn
col. george custer
led his people during years of resistance against U.S. government policies
sitting bull
a left-wing movement of the late 19th century
populist party
a family, communtiry, organization, with its routes, and agriculture
the national grange
belief that the expanison of the U.S. was inevitable
manifest destiney
considered to be a mining boom
comstock lode
a momentary victory for the lakota and cheyenne
battle of little bighorn
authorized the president to break up reservation land
dawes act
the first land run into the unassigned lands to former indian territory
oklahoma land rush
group built eastward from sacramento to the east
centrsl pacific
other company that extended the american railway to the pacific coast
union
a high point of land
promonatory point
many groups of native americans who lived in the great plains between the mississippi river and the rocky mountains
the plains indians
the trail used to drive cattle over land from ranches in texas to kansas railheads
chrisholm trail