See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract. See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)  , a level See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of grassy and treeless See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, generally restricted to tracts so characterized in the central parts of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States the prairies may be taken to extend from See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan and western See also:

• OHIO

Ohio over See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois (especially designated the See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

Prairie See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State), See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana, See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, See also:

• IOWA

Iowa, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin and See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota, and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the Missouri to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains (see articles on the several states, and UNITED STATES) . In See also:

• CANADA

Canada they extend from the same mountains to a See also:

• LINE

line somewhat to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• WINNIPEG

Winnipeg . The word prairie is used in a large number of compounds referring to natural and other features, See also:

• FLORA

flora, See also:

• FAUNA

fauna, &c., characteristic of the prairies . Examples are: prairie-chicken or prairie-See also:

• HEN

hen, a name for the pinnated See also:

• GROUSE

grouse (Cupidonia or Tympanucus cupido), also applied to Pedioecetes phasinellus, the See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp-tailed grouse; prairie-See also:

• DOG

dog, a rodent of the See also:

• SQUIRREL
• SQUIRREL (Fr. ecureuil)

squirrel See also:

• FAMILY

family, genus Cynomys, a gregarious burrowing See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal, and other animals noticed below; prairie-See also:

• SCHOONER

schooner, a name for the covered wagons in which emigrants used to See also:

• CROSS

cross the plains; prairie-grass, &c .