red years ago, there was still
much uncertainty as to its True Source.... The discovery and final
location of the source of the Mississippi has now received general
recognition in this country and Europe, and there certainly seems
to be no doubt of the validity of Captain Glazier's claim. His
account of the discovery is very entertaining reading."

CONCLUSION.

The reader who is interested in the question discussed in this Appendix
has, we venture to assert, found ample evidence to justify the author of
"Down the Great River" in his claim to have been the first to locate the
veritable source of the Mississippi. The testimony is of such a
character that it is impossible for an impartial critic to arrive at any
other verdict than that the fountain-head of the Father of Waters is
_not_ in Lake Itasca, but in the lake to the south of it, now known as
LAKE GLAZIER. The declarations of the Indians and pioneers in the
vicinity of the source of this river are altogether corroborative of
Captain Glazier and his companions; the press of Minnesota speaks with
but one voice, while geographers and educational publishers are almost
unanimous in their recognition of the facts developed by his expedition.

HUBBARD BROTHERS,
_Publishers of "Down The Great River_."
723 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, April 30, 1888.

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