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Horses helped them catch bison.They could also carry their tipis on a travios.
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Juan and 40 soldiers marched north from New Mexico and headed for the plains to find Puebloe Indians.
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Paul and Peter came from Canada because they wanted to trade with Indians.
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The purchace almost doubled the size of the U.S. They bought it from France.
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Pike hiked to the bottom of what is now Pikes Peak and named it Grand Peak. A later explorer named it Pikes Peak.
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Lieutenant John C. Fremont led 5 expeditions into the American west.
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Long explores the Great Plains and leads his group of 19 people up the Platte Valley.
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Fur trappers trapped beaver for 20 years. Fur trappers knew the land better than anyone except the Indians.
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Bent's Fort was a rest stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Bent's Fort was a trading post on the Santa Fe Trail.
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It took the farmers one month to get from New Mexico to San Luis Valley. They hoped the creeks in the valley could give water to the crops.
