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great western yailroad told the Winteei ieee to the Columbia river; and if / 
the above mentioned country should be er ae to the United States > we 
per military stations at the Rio Gran ile an bd near the cult of California, 
would secure the terminating points of that line; some fortifications erecte 
in the mountain passes of the Sierra Madre, where but one main road con- ' 
nects the State of Chihuahua with ips South of Mexico, would prevent in- 
vasions from that direction, and some smaller forts in the interior would be 
sufficient to check and control the wild Indians. 
