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Prairie View Press
South Dakota: A Journey Through Time

Websites to Explore:
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A Time of Strife (Unit 4/Lesson 4 - The Weekly South Dakotan)
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Mining Booms and Busts (Episode #106 of Dakota Pathways)
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History and Legend (Episode #108 of Dakota Pathways)
Chapter 6: Gold in the Black Hills
Vocabulary:
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butchered - slaughtered or dressed animals for market
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blizzard - windstorm with intense cold and driving snow
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calamity - disaster
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haberdasheries - men's clothing stores
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immigrants - people who leave a country to settle in another
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marshal - a federal police officer
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nationalities - belonging to particular nations
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nuggets - small lumps
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panning - washing in a pan for precious metals
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sluice - a long box for separating gold ore
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treaty - a formal agreement
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veins - lengthy occurrences of ore


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