33d ConeREss, SENATE. Ex. Doc. 
2d Session. ° No. 78. 
REPORTS “9 
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 
9 . 
° 
ACCORDING TO ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 
VOLUME VIII. 
WASHINGTON: 
BEVERLEY TUCKER, PRINTER. 
1857. 
