of
Mexico."

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_Brooklyn Eagle._

"Captain Glazier's very clear map of the Great River shows the True
Source to be south of Lake Itasca, accepted by Schoolcraft in 1832
as the head-waters in disregard of the stream entering its
southwestern arm.... To Captain Glazier belongs the identification
of the fountain-head of the Mississippi."

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_Philadelphia Times._

"Captain Willard Glazier has lately discovered the True Source of
the Mississippi, which is not in Lake Itasca, but in another lake
to the south of it, and succeeds in proving his discovery to the
satisfaction of the most competent judges, to wit, the geographers
and educational publishers of the country. These accept the new
source by placing it on their maps and calling it after its
discoverer, 'Lake Glazier.'"

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_New York Observer._

"To Captain Glazier is undoubtedly due the honor of tracing the
Father of Waters, the great American river, up to its real source
in the network of lakes that occupies the central and northern
portion of the State of Minnesota."

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_Minneapolis Journal._

"...That what is now known as LAKE GLAZIER is the True Source of
the Mississippi River; and that to Captain Glazier is due the
credit of first placing the fact before the public by accurate
chart and maps, is unquestionably true."

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_Philadelphia North American._

"The True Source of the Mississippi is settled beyond controversy.
Glazier's name will hereafter be classed with those of De Soto, La
Salle, and Hennepin, whose names are forever associated with the
Great River which divides the United States."

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_Philadelphia Inquirer._

"Several years ago Captain Glazier, while meditating upon the
exploits of De Soto, Marquette, Father Hennepin and La Salle, the
heroic old explorers, who led the way to the Great River of North
America, regretted that, although its mouth was discovered by the
Chevalier La Salle nearly two hund