83a CoNOUEss, ) SENATE, (Ex, Doc. 



2d Sesmon, j ( No. 78. 



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^-" REPORTS 



EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 



ASCERTAIN THE MOST rRACTlCABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 



FBOS TUB 



MISSISSIPPI RIYER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



MADB UNDER THE DrRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 



1853-6, 



ACCORDING TO ACTS OP CONGRESS OF lABCn 8, 1S§3, MAT 31, 18S4, AND AUGUST 5, 1851. 



VOLUME IX. 



WASHINGTON: 



BEVERLY TUCKER, PRINTER. 



1858. 



