Vocabulary
Brigades
A team of trappers working together to trap animals.
What is Placer mining?
Placer mining is mining with a tray-like object and a shovel. You find an eroded river bank and sift out the dirt until you find gold.
What country was beaver used as currency?
Canada
Are Montana's Cheyenne Northern, Eastern, Southern, or Western?
Northern (Cheyenne)
What did people do to make towns look like big cities?
Build fake fronts to buildings
Redezvous
A meeting arranged in advance.
What is Quartz mining?
Hard rock mining, usually done by big businesses as it requires big tools and multiple people.
After beavers almost ran out, what animal was killed for its pelt?
Bison
What was a "buffalo jump"?
People would get on horses and chase buffalo off cliffs to hunt it.
Trip Variables before trains
Terrain
Weather
Weight
Road quality
Quality of livestock
Small Pox
A contagious disease and often deadly disease that affected humans for thousands of years.
What is Hydraulic mining?
Using pressurized water to mine
Why was beaver pelt so valuable?
It's water proof, silky, and warm.
What side of Montana is the Crow Reservation closest to?
Southern side
Negitive Effects of the Railroad
Ex.
The murder of Indigenous people
The theft of Indigenous land
Animals didn't have enough space
Me'tis
Mixed blood (a European and Native American)
What material was commonly mined after gold?
Silver.
What was sold and gifted to Indians that ripped holes in their community?
Alcohol.
Give one res. named after a group of its people.
Blackfeet
Crow
Northern Cheyenne
Flathead
Pre-Railroad Forms of Transportation
Horse
Steamboat
Stage Coaches
Red River Carts
Pelt
A skin of an animal especially with its fur or wool
What was Virginia City's original name?
Alder Gulch
What group of Indigenous people did the Catholics try and convert?
Which res. is the smallest?
Rocky Boys
1 Positive Effect of the Railroad
Ex.
The railroads brought together many groups of people
The railroads made travel safer
Coal could be transported in bigger amounts