Down
1. Form of transport across the plains (5)
3. Carried mail from east to west (4,7)
4. Name of a cattle trail (8)
6. Offered free land on the plains (9,3)
8. Took the law into their own hands (10)
9. Indian belief (5,6)
10. Joseph Smith founded this religion (6)
11. An Indian tribe (8)
13. Used to show ownership of cattle (8)
14. River where winter camp was located (8)
16. Belief that Americans had a God-given right to the plains (8,7)
18. Having more than one wife (8)
21. Brought to the Americas by the Spanish (6)
Across
2. Worn by a cowboy (5)
4. Used by Indian women to carry babies (6,5)
5. Texas cattle (8)
7. Mormon holy city (6)
12. Where cattle were farmed (5)
13. Fashionable fur (6)
15. Trapped animals for profit (8,3)
17. Eastern country America wanted to trade with (5)
18. Made the Mormons leave the east (11)
19. The Indians used all of this (7)
20. Took the Mormons west (7,5)
22. Someone who is the first (7)
23. Place where gold was found (7,4)
24. Town founded by Joseph McCoy (7)
Down
1. Form of transport across the plains (5)
3. Carried mail from east to west (4,7)
4. Name of a cattle trail (8)
6. Offered free land on the plains (9,3)
8. Took the law into their own hands (10)
9. Indian belief (5,6)
10. Joseph Smith founded this religion (6)
11. An Indian tribe (8)
13. Used to show ownership of cattle (8)
14. River where winter camp was located (8)
16. Belief that Americans had a God-given right to the plains (8,7)
18. Having more than one wife (8)
21. Brought to the Americas by the Spanish (6)