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[[centered, bold]] RUSSIAN-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH. [[/centered, bold]]
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  Major F. L. Pope, the Assistant-Engineer of the Russian-American Telegraph, has reported to Col. Bulkley that he has surveyed the country from Lake Tatla [[hand drawn underline]] to the head waters of the Steekin river, British Columbia, [[/hand drawn underline]] a distance of three hundred miles, and found an [[hand drawn underline]] excellent route [[/hand drawn underline]] for the building of the telegraph line the entire distance.  It proceeds through a fine region of prairie land, and a light, wooded country, where a trail can be opened at a very slight expense.  This is the section which was most dreaded by the projectors of the line, as all reports concerning the same led to the belief that it presented formidable obstacles to the successful prosecution of the work.  The country [[hand drawn underline]] north of the Steekin river is of like character, as near as can be ascertained. [[/hand drawn underline]]  Major Pope left Lake Tatla on the 19th of February, with one white man and two Indians, and travelled [[hand drawn underline]] five hundred miles on snow shoes. [[/hand drawn underline]]  He descended the Steekin river in a boat from the head of steam navigation to the sea, a distance of one hundred and eighty miles.  He reached the ocean, seven hundred miles north of Victoria, V. I., on the 1st of May, having been seventy days out from Lake Tatla.  Major Pope [[hand drawn underline]] has shown great energy in pushing this survey through resulting so favorably, [[/hand drawn underline]] and is [[hand drawn underline]] entitled to much credit [[/hand drawn underline]] for his tact and skill in [[hand drawn underline]] the management of the various Indian tribes in the Northwest, with [[/hand drawn underline]] whom he is on the [[hand drawn underline]] most friendly terms. [[/hand drawn underline]]  Contrary to the expectations of many persons, the natives manifest a disposition to give every encouragement and assistance to the great enterprise now in progress, [[hand drawn underline]] seeming to recognize its vast importance. [[/hand drawn underline]]