By The Great Horn Spoon - Chapter 7

Front 1

skedaddled

Back 1

leave in a hurry (p.70)

Front 2

thronged

Back 2

crowded into (p.70)

Front 3

Andes

Back 3

A mountain system extending the length of Western South America (p.70)

Front 4

Voila

Back 4

French word meaning "there it is" (p.71)

Front 5

gratitude

Back 5

thankfulness; appreciation (p.71)

Front 6

Peruvian

Back 6

belonging to or from Peru (p.74)

Front 7

Galapagos

Back 7

group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that belong to the country of Ecuador (p.75)

Front 8

cords

Back 8

a measure of cut wood arranged in a pile 8 ft. long, 4 ft. high, & 4 ft. wide (p.75)

Front 9

barren

Back 9

land with little or no vegetation (p.75)

Front 10

wily

Back 10

sly; crafty (p.77)

Front 11

sidearms

Back 11

weapons that can be worn at the side or waste as a pistol (p.78)

Front 12

four-shooters

Back 12

a revolver with 4 chambers, each holding 1 bullet (p.78)

Front 13

musket

Back 13

a long barreled firearm, fired from the shoulder, came before the invention of the rifle (p.78)

Front 14

bountiful

Back 14

plentiful (p.78)

Front 15

Sandwich Islands

Back 15

the former name of the Hawaiian Islands (p.78)

Front 16

account

Back 16

money set aside for a specific purpose (p.79)

Front 17

pea jacket

Back 17

a short, double breasted coat of thick woolen material, worn by sailors in severe weather (p.79)

Front 18

Golden Gate

Back 18

a strait or channel between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay (p.80)