he true source of the
Mississippi by Indian traditions which he had picked up while
traveling across the continent and which denied Schoolcraft's
theory of Itasca.... Fortified with the idea that Schoolcraft was
in error he set out to discover the true source of the Father of
Waters, and how he succeeded forms the subject of the first five
chapters of his very interesting book. The remainder of the book,
an interesting and instructive volume of nearly five hundred pages,
is devoted to a trip 'down the Great River' to the Gulf of Mexico.
To Captain Glazier is due all the honor and glory of discovering to
modern geographers the true source of our great river."

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_Detroit Commercial Advertiser._

"'Down the Great River' is Captain Willard Glazier's interesting
record of his expedition in 1881 in search of the source of the
Mississippi River. It is a very exciting narrative from beginning
to end, is profusely illustrated and will be especially interesting
to students of geography, as well as to all interested in matters
of exploration and discovery. Captain Glazier undoubtedly
accomplished a great work. The source of the Mississippi had ever
been an unsettled question, unsatisfactory attempts at discovery
having been made and various ill-founded claims put forward; but
the subject for the last half century has been constantly agitated.
It remained for Captain Glazier to finish the work begun by De Soto
in 1541, and positively locate the true fountain-head.... That the
lake from which the Great River starts, known by the Indians as
Lake Pokegama, should be re-named LAKE GLAZIER, seems an
appropriate honor for the resolute explorer...."

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_La Crosse Republican and Leader._

"'Down the Great River' is the title of a book just issued which
possesses many claims to popular favor. No one on the North
American continent will be at a loss to identify the river by its
title; the Amazon undoubtedly discharges a larger volume of water
into the sea, and the Volga is claimed to be longer. No river in
the Old or New World is surrounded by so many associations, or is
so identified with the memories of discoverers and adventurers,
warrior-priests and