ontory is a spring whose waters are as cold as
ice, and at which the Glazier party slaked their thirst while
exploring the shores of the new lake. So lonely is the region
around the lake that for fourteen days not even a red-skin was
seen, and wearied by the hardships of this rough country, yet with
a feeling of having added something to geographical knowledge, the
Captain and his party were glad to return to civilization."

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The Saint Louis _Post-Dispatch_ published the following, with several
other communications, from Mr. Paine:

"1310 Olive Street,

"_Saint Louis, Missouri,_

"October 10, 1881.

"_To the Editor--Post-Dispatch:_

"Lake Itasca has been considered to be the source of the
Mississippi for so many years that any man who disputes its title
to that honor is looked upon as a radical and one bent upon
upsetting all our preconceived geographical ideas. Still it is a
fact that Lake Itasca is _not_ the source, and has no greater claim
to being called so than has Cass Lake or Lake Bemidji or Lake
Pepin. This fact was discovered beyond all doubt by Captain Willard
Glazier, who equipped an expedition last July and started for the
headwaters of the Mississippi. Reaching Lake Itasca after a journey
of great hardship, he camped on Schoolcraft Island, and, using this
as a base of operations, he thoroughly explored the lakes and
rivers which contribute their waters to the infant Mississippi. The
various theories and stories heard from his Indian guides were
considered as clues and faithfully followed up until their truth or
falsity was ascertained. Success at length crowned his efforts, for
a beautiful lake was found above Itasca, and in the direct line of
the course of the river below Itasca, which lake proved to be the
farthest water--the extreme head of the Mississippi. The lake,
which the members of the expedition voted to call LAKE GLAZIER, in
honor of their leader, is about two miles in diameter, with clear
and beautiful water, fed by springs, and altogether one of the
prettiest lakes of its size in Minnesota. The stream which flows
from it into Itasca is quite rapid, though so