The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.

By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.

The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.

Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.

At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.

The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.

0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."

Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.

Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.

French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.

The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.

In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.