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20 Cards in this Set
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settlers
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people who travel to a little known area and make a home
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derbies
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stiff felt hats with rounded tops and narrow brims
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sombrero
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large straw hat with tall top and broad rim
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homburg
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soft felt hat with dented top and rolled brim
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suited
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fitted the needs of
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frontier
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unexplored land
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pioneers
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people who are the first to settle in a region
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form
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a mold used to give shape to something
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tuberculosis
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a disease affecting the lungs and in the past often resulting in death
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adventurer
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traveler in search of unusual or exciting experience
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opportunity
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a good chance
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prairie
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a wide area of flat or rolling land with tall grass and few trees
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tanned
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changed animal hide to leather by soaking it in chemicals
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scoffed
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made fun of
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pelts
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the skins of animals with hair or fur still on it
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sapling
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a young tree
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matted
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to become tangled or twisted
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picturesque
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very beautiful
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distinctive
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unusual
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hatchet
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a small ax
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