| Term | Definition |
|---|
| reference | a source of information |
| prospectors | people who search for precious minerals like gold or silver |
| disappointment | the feeling that something did not go the way you wanted it to |
| annoyed | bothered |
| circular | shaped like a circle |
| outstretched | extended; stretched forward |
| glinted | to flash or sparkle. |
| mine | a tunnel dug into the earth used to look for precious metals |
| commented | said or remarked |
| ranching | raising livestock (especially cows) |
| steep | having a sharp slope; almost straight up and down |
| slope | the side of a hill or small mountain |
| mules | a pack animal like a donkey used to carry things |
| bundles | a group of things packed together |
| cylinder | a solid or hollow object with the shape of a tube (like a can of soup) |
| method | a way or technique of doing something |
| narrow | not wide; small space; small opening |
| determine | to figure out |
| scent | smell |
| livestock | animals kept or raised on a farm for money |
| foothills | low hills at the bottom of a mountain |
| sloshed | splashed |
| current | a steady flow of water |
| peasant | a poor and uneducated farm worker |
| interrupted | to stop or hinder by breaking in a conversation |
| ivory | hard white material which makes up the tusks of elephants and other animals |
| unfamiliar | strange |
| properties | things that describe an object: color, smell, size, shape, texture |
| disturb | to make someone worry |
| density | how much mass is packed into an object |
| sought | looked for |
| journeyed | traveled |
| valuable | important; worth much |
| location | a place |
| volume | how much space an object takes up, or how much liquid can fill it |
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