the Mississippi, but that the lake
to the south of it, definitely located by Captain Glazier, is the primal
reservoir or _true source_ of the Father of Waters. These witnesses,
moreover, unequivocally assert that the credit of the discovery should
be awarded to the man who made it, notwithstanding the groundless
opposition of a few cavillers who have never themselves visited within
many hundred miles a region they affect to be so marvelously familiar
with.

_From His Excellency, A. R. McGill, Governor of Minnesota_:

"Captain Glazier's claim to be the discoverer of the true source of
the Mississippi seems reasonable, to say the least. I have been a
resident of Minnesota twenty-six years, and never until Captain
Glazier's expedition, heard the claim of Itasca being the source of
the Great River seriously questioned."

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_From Hon. Horace Austin, Ex-Governor_:

"I think that it would be a very proper thing to do under the
circumstances that Captain Glazier's services should be recognized
by the passage of a bill by the Legislature giving his name to the
lake which is the real source of the Mississippi."

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_From Hon. W. H. Gale, Ex-Lieutenant-Governor, Winona_:

"I have been a resident of Minnesota for more than twenty-eight
years, and I believe it was the generally accepted opinion of the
people of this State that Lake Itasca was the source of the
Mississippi River, until after the expedition of Captain Willard
Glazier, and his publication to the world that another lake south
of Lake Itasca was the true source, to which lake has been given
the name of LAKE GLAZIER. This is now generally recognized as the
_true source_ and head of the Mississippi, and Captain Glazier as
the man who first made known that fact to the world."

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_From F. W. Seeley, Adjutant-General_.

"I desire to say, in justice to Captain Glazier, that, having been
a resident of Minnesota for twenty-five years, and quite familiar
with the geography of the State, it is my belief that he was the
first to discover the true source of the Mississippi River and
publish it to the world."

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_From Moses E. Clap