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Chapter 5
Oklahoma in Early America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| frontier | the area at the edge or just beyond a settled area |
| Spain | early 1700s Spain claimed most of Texas and all the land to the south and west to the Pacific Ocean. |
| France | early 1700s the French claimed the massive western Mississippi River drainage basin along with the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. |
| French | treated Indians as equals. |
| French and Indian War | French were trying to move into the Ohio River Valley seeking more fur trade and the British also wanted the same land. |
| confederacy | alliance |
| treaty | formal agreement between two or more nations.boats |
| encroachments | trespass or intrusion without permission |
| long hunters | hunters gone for long periods of time |
| constitution | document that sets up the framework of a government and establishes the rules under which the organization will operate. |
| manifest destiny | America's desire to gain new land and to spread their beliefs and idealism. |
| epidemic | outbreak of a contagious disease |
| Louisiana Purchase | Napoleon agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million. |
| Thomas Jefferson | president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. |
| ratifyntains | formally approve |
| appropriated | set aside |
| pirogues | canoe shaped boats |
| Sparks Expedition | 1806 expedition which traveled along the Red River until they were confronted by the Spanish army. |
| Pike-Wilkinson Expedition | 1806 expedition to explore the Arkansas and Red Rivers and to make contact with the tribes that he encountered. They continued on to the Rocky Mountains. |
| Sibley Expedition | 1811 expedition to make friends and allies with the Indians and to find the salt mountain. They traveled into Northwestern Oklahoma and discovered the Great Salt Plains. |
| Long Expedition | sent to Oklahoma to find a suitable site for establishing a military post on the western boundary of the Arkansas territory to address hostilities between the Osage and other tribes. Also explored the Red and Arkansas Rivers to the Rocky Mou |
| Bell Expedition | split from the Long expedition and went south to the Red River. |
| Thomas Say | father of American zoology who was on the Bell expedition and took detailed notes of plants, animals, minerals and people they saw. Referred to parts of Oklahoma as "the Great American Desert" |
| Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 | Spain sold Florida to the US for $5 million, set borders between Spain and the US and Spain gave up its claims to the Oregon Territory. |
| renegades | deserters |
| Three Forks Area | location northeast of present day Muskogee where three rivers meet (Arkansas, Verdigris, Grand). This becomes a trading hub. |
| William Becknell | Missouri trader who carried a caravan or wagons carrying merchandise for Santa Fe. |
| keelboat | popular form of river transportation which could carry 10-20 tons of merchandise and would be pulled by a towline pulled by 20-30 men. |
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