33d CONGRESS, ) SENATE. ( Ex. Doc. 



2d Session. $ \ No. 78. 



REPORTS 



EXPLORATIONS AND SUKYEYS, 



TO 



ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 



MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OP WAR, IN 



1853-4, 



ACCORDING TO ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 



VOLUME I. 



WASHINGTON: 



BEVERLEY TUCKER, PRINTER. 



1855. 



