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REPORTS 



EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 



ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 





FROM THK 



MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



MADE UNDER THE DIRECTtON OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 



1853-5, 



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



VOLUME XII. 



BOOK II, 



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