Pioneer Travel Vocabulary
	
  Read the definition below and enter the right vocabulary 
    word into the crossword puzzle.
 
 
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| 1 | a wagon that is pulled by oxen or horse that has a canvas top. These wagons were used to carry a family and their belongings. |  | 4 | a group of covered wagons traveling together. |  | 5 | an area of land that is naturally untouched and wild. |  | 6 | a flat boat that was used as a raft to help wagons cross large and deep rivers. |  | 7 | prairie town that grows quickly. |  | 9 | someone who travels far to move from one area to another in order to find a new place to live and only bringing what they could in one trip.  |  | 10 | to mark trees in the wilderness to help pioneers with the direction of a particular trail. |  | 11 |  when the oxen pulled a covered wagon across a small river or stream that is not deep. |  
 
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| 2 | a long and narrow piece of wood that connected the oxen to the wagon. |  | 3 | an opening through a mountain range that is easier for a wagon to travel through. |  | 8 | a wooden frame that fits around the necks of two oxen. The yoke would be used to help attach the oxen to the wagon tongue. |  | 9 | flat grassland, with very few trees, in Midwestern America |  
 
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