ervation
of the Union, and who suffered in many rebel prisons, is altogether
unworthy of the parties who are making themselves conspicuous in
the matter.

"J. C. Crane.

"West Millbury, Massachusetts, January, 1887."

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Letter from Mr. John Lovell, geographer and historian, and one of the
leading educational publishers of the Dominion of Canada:

"Captain Willard Glazier:

"_Dear Sir_:--I owe you an apology for not having earlier
acknowledged your courtesy in sending me a copy of your remarkably
interesting work 'Down the Great River.' Owing to illness and a
variety of calls on my time, I had not an opportunity ere this of
finishing the reading of it. I have no hesitation in saying that it
is most interesting and instructive, especially where you so ably
summarize the results of former expeditions, and where you describe
in animated language the aim, course, and outcome of your own
explorations. You have had an experience which has fallen to the
lot of few travellers, and, in certifying the source of the Father
of Waters, have rendered a great service to the cause of
geographical discovery. The account of your voyage from the newly
discovered Source to the Gulf of Mexico gave me much pleasure and
information. The patience and endurance of the brave fellows who
were with you, considering the distance, in canoes, is worthy of
praise. Your own able management of the expedition is worthy of all
commendation and of substantial and immediate thanks from the good
men of your own wonderful country.

"Again I sincerely thank you for your handsome and most acceptable
present.

"With sincere respect, I remain, dear sir,

"Yours faithfully,

"John Lovell.

"Montreal, October 17, 1887."

The following letter will speak for itself. Mr. Gus. H. Beaulieu, of
White Earth, Minnesota, Deputy United States Marshal for the district,
is an educated half-breed, and cousin of Paul Beaulieu. His home is on
the Chippewa Indian Reservation, within sixty miles of the source of the
Mississippi. In this letter he presents the Indian theory as to the
comparative volume of water in the two lakes--GLAZIER and Itasca: