Week 22 Studies Weekly

the money the mountain men earned when they sold their furs

a hiding place for a mountain man's supplies and furs

a meeting where mountain men joined together to trade furs, buy supplies and relax

a tax charged by the government on all furs sold by each trapper

He was very religious and always carried a Bible with him.

He wore his hair over his ears to hide scars he received in a grizzly attack.

He didn’t blaze trails, but made maps of trails that were already there.

He rediscovered South Pass.

Kit Carson

John C. Fremont

John Colter

Jim Bridger

that he was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition

that he had been chased by Blackfeet Indians

that he hiked over 500 miles during the winter of 1807 –1808

that he had seen pools of boiling mud and erupting geysers

the band of American Indians he used as scouts to help find the best place to cross the Rocky Mountains

the number of beaver that William Henry Ashley trapped in one season

the amount of money William Henry Ashley paid for a year’s work

men who answered William Henry Ashley's newspaper ad to work as fur trappers

his interest in science

being attacked by a grizzly bear

leading the first group of white men to ever explore the Grand Canyon

losing his right arm in the Civil War

Jim Bridger

John Wesley Powell

John C. Fremont

Kit Carson

John Jacob Astor

William Clark

William Henry Ashley

Jedediah Smith

He could speak several different languages.

He discovered a shortcut through the Rocky Mountains.

He was the first white man to set eyes on the Great Salt Lake.

He was interested in science.

They discovered safer routes through the Rocky Mountains.

They explored the area and made maps of their findings.

They studied the land, plants, animals and American Indians in the area.

all of the above