33cl Congress, 
2d Session. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
Ex. Doc. 
No. 91. 
REPORTS 
OF 
EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 
TO 
ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 
FROM THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OP THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 
1853 - 4 , 
ACCORDING TO ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 
VOLUME I. 
WASHINGTON: 
A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER. 
1855. 
