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Show - .... ( ... .. / INTRODUCTION. lN the following pages the author has aimed at one thing only-accuracy. We think we have succeeded in compiling a guide, possessing qualities more desirable to the emigrant, than any of the multitudes of books now flooding the country. We have had means within our reach, that could not be obtained by any of those preceding us, having the aid of government data, maps, profiles, &c., but a few days from the department! at Washington. Our distances are based upon actual ~urvey, made by the talented Fremont. The altitudes, observations, &c., are from his pen also; to his mathematical precision are we indebted for the exceedingly accurate map of route~, profiles, &c. We acknowledge our obligations to Mr. S. Sublette, for useful aid in the enterprize, so generously offered. We have so.ugbf, and obtained, information from various sources, private and public, that 'vere known to be reliable. Hence, no part of the work is based upon conjecture. We make no claim to originality in any of the directions embodied in the routes, dis~ tances, &c. We are conscious some points are not as full as desirable,-their defects will be remedied next |