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The trail that was used to drive cattle to shipping yards in Abilene, Kansas named after Jessie Chisholm.
Chisholm Trail
The marshal of Abilene, Kansas, after Tom Smith and probably the most famous lawman of the West.
Wild Bill Hicock
a town in the West that grew quickly because of sudden wealth
boomtown
a town where cattle were driven to be shipped by the train
cow towns
a town in the West that was abandoned when people could no longer make a living from mining
ghost town
The site of the last major battle between the Indians and white men.
Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
A Sioux chief who helped lead his people against the United States government when treaties made with the American Indians were broken.
Crazy Horse
a symbol burned into cow's hide to show ownership
brand
an act signed by President Lincoln that promised citizens ownership of 160 acres of land if they lived on and made improvements to the land
Homestead Act
wild cattle brought to America by Spanish settlers
Long Horn
A trader who used a popular cattle trail to carry goods to Abilene, Kansas. Chisholm trail was named after him.
Jesse Chisholm
A Sioux chief who helped lead his people against the United States government during the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was killed at the Battle of the Wounded Knee.
Sitting Bull
moving a heard of cattle
cattle drive
a person who settled and farmed under the Homestead Act.
lode
an area of land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans
reservation
The leader of one of the US forces that fought against American Indians in the West. He was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Colonel George Custer
One of the first marshals of Abilene, Kansas, was killed while on duty.
Tom Smith
Traveled west to be a missionary in Oregon and California during the 1840's.
Ezra Fisher
a person in charge of a cattle drive
trail boss
a prairie farmer
sodbuster
Traveled west to be a missionary in Oregon and California during the 1840's.
Ezra Fisher
A Nez Perce Chief who tried to lead his people to freedom in Canada. He eventually surrendered "I will fight no more forever" and were forced to move to a reservation in OK.
Chief Joseph
The place at which the two tracks of the First Transcontinental rail road met.
Promontory Summit, Utah
an event that occurred on April 22, 1898, when people claimed Indian land for themselves in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Land Rush
a sudden rush of scared animals such as a herd of horses, cattle, or buffalo
stampede