33d Congress, 
2 d Session. 
HOUSE OF REPKESE1S TAT1VES. 
Ex. Doc. 
No. 91. 
REPORTS 
EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 
ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL RODTE FOR A RAILROAD 
FROM THE 
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 
1853 - 6 , 
ACCORDING TO ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 
VOLUME VIII. 
WASHINGTON : 
A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER. 
1857 
