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Chapter 4: Explorers and Travelers on the Missouri River

Vocabulary:

  1. accurate - having no errors

  2. considerate - thinking of the needs and feelings of others

  3. current - a steady movement of water

  4. diaries - daily records

  5. discussions - conversations

  6. expedition - journey with a definite goal

  7. frontiersman - a man who lives just beyond a settled area

  8. missionary - one who is sent to do religious work in a territory

  9. observations - things observed or noted

  10. positive - showing acceptance

  11. translator - one who can speak in another language

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