Across 6. Memories written by someone after the event occurred 7. A narrow channel connecting 2 bodies of water 8. An important city and trading center where the Wisconsin River flows into the Mississippi River 9. French explorer who traveled with Marquette and discovered the Mississippi River 11. The 7 year battle between the French and the British for control of the trading forts and waterways in the Wisconsin area 12. The war where US troops fought British troops for control of American land and the US won 14. A Jesuit missionary, and one of the 1st Europeans to find and travel the Mississippi River 15. Buildings strong enough to survive attacks and sometimes surrounded by walls 16. The process of exchanging European trade goods for Native American goods such as pelts or wild rice 18. The 1st European explorer believed to have landed in Wisconsin 19. The act of giving one thing for another

Down 1. People from the Island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) 2. Catholic priests who try to teach others to become Christians 3. Person with mixed blood or traditions 4. The war that the American colonies won their independence from Great Britain 5. A change from one language to another 10. A location on a river or lake where items need to be carried from one shore to the other 13. People from Europe 17. Animal skins with the fur or hair still on them