33d Conaress, ? SENATE. Ex. Doc. 
) 
2d Session. 
REPORTS 
OF 
EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 
TO 
ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 
FROM THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 
1853-4, 
ACCORDING TO ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 6, 1854. 
~ VOLUME I. 
WASHINGTON: 
BEVERLEY TUCKER, PRINTER, 
1855. 
