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Term | Definition |
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TRR | rail road made by union and central pacific |
great plaines | the area to the missouri river to rocky mountains |
frontier | indian territory |
solor time | Solar time is a reckoning of the passage of time based on the Sun's position in the sky. |
standard time | the time zone made by the rail roads |
vaquero | in Spanish-speaking parts of the US) a cowboy; a cattle driver. |
long drive | journey that takes cattle by foot to a rail way |
vigilante | someone who takes the law into there own hand |
buffalo soldier | originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, |
mexicano | spanish speaking person of the southwest |
anglo | english speaking person of the south west |
sand creek massacre | 1864 attack in witch as many as 200 cheyenne were killed |
sitting bull | sioux chief who led the attack on custer at the battle of little big horn |
battle of little big horn | 1876 battle in witch siox and cheney killed entire force of us troops |