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Across 4. president who believed in Manifest destiny 9. to give up 10. Bear Flag Republic 12. a Mexican in Texas 15. fort outside Mexico City 17. Lone Star State 18. a Mexican general 24. second Morman leader 25. the call at the start of a wagon train 26. conflict with our S neighbor 27. a Texas leader 29. the most popular route west to the Pacific

Down 1. to add on 2. someone who takes the law in their own hands 3. a fur trader's name 5. old Spanish mission 6. where mountain men kept their tobacco etc. 7. explorer 8. the idea that the U.S. should expand to the Pacific Ocean 11. Spanish priest 13. Morman religion founder 14. New York newspaper man 15. a type of covered wagon 16. the route from MO to NM 19. a trapper 20. a gathering of mountain men 21. gold seeker 22. continuous attack 23. missionaries 28. a fur