Educational Activities
1. Where is Galveston Bay?
2. Write a paragraph about the life of Jean Lafitte.
3. Where were the hunting grounds of the Pawnee? What sort of homes did they live in? Were they hunters or farmers?
4. What was another name for the Arikara?
5. What year did Ashley and Henry take the first group of trappers up the Missouri?
6. Find old maps and figure the approximate number of miles Hugh Glass traveled before reaching Ft. Henry after the grizzly attack.
7. What was Toussaint Charbonneau best known for?
8. Draw a map locating Ft. Kiowa, Ft. Henry, Ft. Atkinson, and Ft. Floyd.
9. What were the Rendezvous? Where were they held, and why?
10. Pretend you are Jim Bridger and write a story about your decision to leave Glass behind.
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