other navigators and explorers of discoveries
made in that region. He decided to investigate the matter
personally. The author describes in an entertaining manner the
incidents of each day as the journey proceeded towards Lake Itasca.
Here a careful survey of the lake was made for feeders, several of
which were found, and up the largest of which the party forced
their way through a strong barrier of rushes. After a short passage
a body of water was found Which the Indians called Lake _Pokegama_,
but which the Captain's companions named GLAZIER in honor of the
head of the expedition. They then floated down the river in their
canoes to the Gulf, and the events of each day form very
interesting and often thrilling chapters as they are described by
the author."

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_New Bedford Standard._

"In 1881 Captain Glazier made a canoe voyage of over three thousand
miles from the headwaters of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico,
and this book gives an interesting account of the voyage, together
with a description of the cities and villages along the river
banks, not omitting important historical events or quaint bits of
legendary lore. While the book is of special value to the young
student of geography and history, it is none the less valuable to
all who are interested in geographical science, particularly in the
question of the source of the Mississippi River...."

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_Madisonensis, Madison University, New York._

"Captain Glazier has commanded the attention of educated men
generally by asserting and satisfactorily proving that he has at
last discovered what De Soto, Marquette, La Salle, Schoolcraft, and
other explorers, were unable to find--the true source of the
Mississippi. The journey of exploration is here minutely described,
and the account is enlivened with bright narratives of personal
experiences. The author is an able writer, and a keen critical
observer, and the information collected, pertaining to the people
and country along the course of the Great River, from its
headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico, is of value to every student of
our country's history. The book is more than a mere description of
an expedition--it is an epitomized co