HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
33d Congress, ) 
2 d Session , f 
j Ex. Doc. 
( No. 91. 
REPORTS 
EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 
TO 
ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 
FROM THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
MADE UNDER TUE DIRECTION OF T1IE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 
1 853 - 6 , 
ACCORDING TO ACTS OP CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 
VOLUME IX. 
WAS HINGTON: 
A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER. 
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