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Uesrs ilsetiedl s-ys he Valley si.rsns - ue)
. he Has- J.nsas d. 1I.soa fr copy ~ Lieui.
Hersiol'l RepsEl q lis exPla.aoa d the rsrzSeent
streln asi valley " The Anszoa. Lirat HEsaioa NJ.
iastrasiel il ISL IN eosjasrfisa via Eieui GbSoa
b the Nary Deplrient eater Spa lbs ssu5as ara
e.assross service taa $500 were giaea a ~ iispD-
sal to provide his talai AID pay IN heSssazy exposes
Q. he rosie 1 Hsy. 1851. hnving hired sessk.
y1ni 1nd lnferPsEsrs sad pro-srea far ssus youiE
n.zlss or Saddle zts he set cat ons Lima. ss1 dee
tine reached Tasa tsEn Of sssra fhousana iahshi-
sasts the eastern side q he corsIIesa ranse Or
n7antaias AT It's place he deemed i aavisshs % sep-
srsie from Leut ibbos who MA. is-trusie proeesd
b. ors southern route nad expler the uatess Of The
Madeira while he uou,d lIOs II. eparss q The Hr.-
lsga 70 where rs usi,sd uih de Araszoa and sAeaes
doEa that stream 70 The Atlantis Oe%ua Isut Hem
doa has performed he psrt u the exporaos silh enef-
81 seeaes s2t seeesa, and haTsg ailed q the bos1
q that wonderful stream u coo nAsa a. oses daE-
cut esaee, has a last rrared this e1uary aa laid ks
report before the Governneai lie poke vita su.hu.i
the esPsees saafatare pruspsrss Ct this spleadd
region. once il csaaeree essla: be e7esss 10 the
world ssd s Natural resources and rociises eaesar-
aged By an iHsssSa e AnsiO saxoa snsrgy This pso-
pie Of the eoua he represent, gaorsnt Srsradsd
ssd eseryatsd Hiihssi single zasd qusly except
religions feslEy Surrouaded bv al he prcgssa Of The
tropi-s they wtrr poor ssS Heastey provided with
n-cessaTss that hey could not supply fAe aas cf kia
Ead his few eaEpaaicas The gaIie Ct The Aaazoa is
than two millions q square m-y u extent ana the
river may b nasgaied by large shs 81 two Thousand
ailes, AID ~ afslight expenditures he river 70
ogeasd tor sisanhos's fr 1900 OF 1000 II sase the
navigation i opehrd for steasnb rrlfs ard eotfca
gins viii Be ereftsa siasg its banks aal g.zak of The
aest wood, andctoa bseoie staPlt articles of expert
while The peculiar Frsrets Of the eoairy eare vanil-
d, spices, drugs laa cccpa will serssss raPaI ia aaa
ny, ead the npss ef gold silver. iroa, coal copper
qasksilser ae AID tia viii open Sources a. wealth to
the miner AID attract people from 4. parts y the globe
The eamni.ree Il the Is esna4asd Al
Of dollsrs in ysiss, which, Of csass EaGa vastly in
under tkenHaenee CT steam nA-xatfa aad saxon
enterprise The U. s. more eP7aiall aiere.isd in
opening the navigation q this vast rrer SHIPS sound
from there EroPe mat pass By their rssy Doors and
New York i the half way house bsiNezh Para and H.
rope Lieut.. Ilerndbh thinks planters night 20
there with tker negroes, whose eqiapcxions and eoa
stiuiioEs, better enure the ee.s Ct that climate
thaa can the white they shbiid g th-re. here
is NO telling whore the manifest dsstiny u American
lnstations maycna. Lieut Gibbo has Eft YET return
Cd or if be hs, his report has not been sRbEtted 10
Congress- whes he does make his report. il will probA
bly, be connected with Lieut. H's Thsiwo VIA cor.
tan great deal Of valuable iaarma;ipn reference 10
that inicresngPsrt Of the world.