Definitions
an open, free land where few people have settled
frontier
the Shoshone Indian woman who became a guide and translator for Lewis and Clark
Sacagawea
the pioneer who explored Kentucky and made the Wilderness Road
Daniel Boone
circuit-riding preacher
the land bought from France in the Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Territory
a person who travels into an unknown land to settle there
pioneer
a rock formation named for Sacagawea's son
Pompeys Pillar
the name of the trail that Daniel Boone blazed to Kentucky
Wilderness Road
Peter Cartwright's nickname
"the Kentucky Boy"
the group of men and former soldier Meriwether Lewis chose to co-lead the expedition to the Louisiana Territory
Corps of Discovery
a group of volunteers to assist a regular army in an emergency
militia
tribe of Native Americans who sold Kentucky
Cherokee
the settlement in Kentucky named after Daniel Boone
Boonesborough
state Cartwright's family moved to from Kentucky
Illinois
neighbor to Meriwether Lewis, asked Lewis to explore the Louisiana Territory
Thomas Jefferson
What is an expedition?
A journey taken by a group of people for exploration.
tribe who captured and adopted Daniel Boone
Shawnee
a major mountain range in western North America
Rocky Mountains
ran against Peter Cartwright in the Illinois legislature and United States Senate
Abraham Lincoln
the camp of Lewis and Clark's expedition near the Columbia River
Fort Clatsop
What is the definition of altitude?
the height, or elevation, above sea level
Sacagawea's tribe who were known as the first group of northern Native Americans to have horses in the Midwest
Shoshone Indians
a western mountain chain with highest peaks around 10,000 feet
Bitterroot Mountains
a time in America during Peter Cartwright's ministry when many people turned to God
1) Who became governor of the new Louisiana Territory?
2) Who became general of the militia for the Louisiana Territory?
1) Meriwether Lewis
2) William Clark