Chapter 2 - Settling the West Crossword

group of ordinary citizens formed by local law enforcement officers whose goal is to find criminals and bring them to justice
to remove by force
method of mining by which water is sprayed at a very high pressure against a hill or mountain, washing away large quantities of dirt, gravel, and rock and exposing the minerals beneath the surface
to change in order to meet the demands of a certain environment or circumstance
vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government
happening before an event
a huge ranch
Spanish-speaking neighborhoods in a town or city
to be likely to, or have intentions to, perform an act
a piece of U.S. public land acquired by filing a record and living on and cultivating it
a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
a name given to Great Plains farmers
a new idea or method
a large, highly profitable wheat farm
a person who continually moves from place to place, usually in search of food
to move to a new place
money paid by contract at regular intervals
to guarantee or make certain
an estimate of a figure that is close to the actual figure
to absorb a group into the culture of another population
a plot of land assigned to an individual or a family for cultivation