33d Congress, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. j Ex. Doc. 



2d Session, j | No. 91. 



REPORTS 



EXPLORATIONS AND SURYEYS, 



ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 



FEOM IHB 



MISSISSIPPI RIYER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAI. 



MADE UNDER THE DIRECTrON OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 



1853-6, 



ACCORDING TO ACTS OP CONGRESS OP MARCH 3, 1858, MAY 31, 18§4, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 



VOLUME IX. 



WASHINGTON: 



A. 0. P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER. 



1858. 



