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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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The Interior Department expects the southern wagon road to the Pacific to be usable by emigrants by January 1 next, with northern routes following if weather permits. Plains Indians predict a late fall and open winter, noting climate differences affecting construction timelines under congressional act.
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The Interior Department regard it as certain that the wagon road to the Pacific by the southern route will be so far completed as to be used by the emigration as early as the 1st of January next, and that the other (more northern) roads will be in the same condition as early, if the season favors the work upon them. The Indians of the Plains, by the by, predict a late fall and open winter.—There is a vast difference between the climates upon the northern and southern routes designed to be opened under the act of Congress to that end—a difference of perhaps three months of working season, we apprehend.—Wash. Star.
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1st Of January Next
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wagon road to the pacific by the southern route will be so far completed as to be used by the emigration; other northern roads in same condition if season favors
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Interior Department regards it as certain that the wagon road to the Pacific by the southern route will be completed for use by emigration as early as the 1st of January next, and northern roads similarly if season allows; Indians of the Plains predict late fall and open winter; vast climate difference between routes under act of Congress, perhaps three months of working season