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Across 2. groups of farmers who met for lectures and other social and educational events 4. a general rise in prices 5. region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cowtowns 6. cone shaped tents made of buffalo skins 8. government grants of land or money 9. small wooden sled 14. groups of farmers who pool their money to make large purchases of tools, seeds and other supplies 15. the herding and moving of cattle over long distances 16. Spanish word for cowboy 17. Native American leader who led attacks against white settlers

Down 1. a railroad line that spanned the continent 3. settlement at the end of a cattle trail 7. self appointed law keepers 8. a surface layer of earth in which the roots of grasses tangle with soil 10. land set aside for Native Americans to live on 11. settlers who acquired free land from the government 12. people known to have sneaked onto Native American land 13. unfenced land