AN EXAMINATION 



BY DIRECTION OF THE 



HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, SECRETARY OF WAR, 



OF THE 



REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS FOR RAILROAD ROUTES 



FROM 



THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE PACIFIC, MADE UNDEE THE ORDERS OF THE WAR DEPART 

 MENT IN 1853- 54, AND OF THE EXPLORATIONS MADE PREVIOUS TO THAT 

 TIME, WHICH HAVE A BEARING UPON THE SUBJECT: 



BY 



CAPT. A. A. HUMPHREYS & LIEUT. G. K. WARREN, 



CORPS TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. 



