Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.

Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.

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

Only a few years before, he had rejected a proposal for a national bank by _______ that the Constitution didn't empower the US. government to create such an institution.

New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.

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

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

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

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

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.

0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________, 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.

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