Mullan’s work gives advice to early pioneers on how to travel on the new 624-mile route that stretches from Fort Benton to Walla Walla. For newcomers, he relates information about population, climate, and geographical features. The addenda section consists of extracts from newspaper articles about gold and silver mining.
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