Complete the chart to explain how Bass Reeves' past
experiences helped him to be a great deputy marshal.
Reeves bought
land and started a
family when he
was freed from
slavery.
Cause
Reeves knew
Indian Territory
well because he
settled there after
escaping slavery.
Effect
Reeves captured
everyone he
pursued.
Reeves learned to
track people and
animals and speak
American Indian
languages.
Cause
?
Reeves became a
member of the
Cherokee, Creek.
and Seminole
nations.
Reeves had been
arrested as an
outlaw before
becoming a deputy
marshal.