is a lake beyond
Lake Itasca which is more strictly to be considered as the source
of the Mississippi. That the lake will always be called LAKE
GLAZIER, and that it will henceforth be spoken of everywhere as the
source of the Great River, I have no doubt; nor do I doubt the
propriety of the name."

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_From Judge John P. Rea, Commander-in-Chief G.A.R., Minneapolis:_

"I have resided in Minnesota eleven years, and always supposed that
Lake Itasca was the source of the Mississippi. I never heard the
fact questioned until within the past four or five years. From all
the evidence I have upon the subject, I am satisfied that LAKE
GLAZIER is the true source."

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_From G. M. Wing, Secretary
North-West Indian Commission, Minneapolis:_

"Concerning the real source of the Mississippi, I would say that
the lake which Captain Willard Glazier has located, and which he
claims to be the source, is no doubt more properly the true source
of this Great River than Lake Itasca. There is no doubt whatever in
my mind but that Captain Glazier was the first person to discover
that fact, and make the same known to the world; and that fact
alone, though it might have been visited before, should entitle him
to the honor of naming the same. I have been over the route
traversed by Captain Glazier and party, and find that the map which
he has published is a correct delineation of that section."

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_From Hon. J. G. Lawrence, Ex-Senator, Wabasha:_

"I believe Captain Glazier is certainly entitled to the credit of
having discovered the true source of the Mississippi in a lake
above Lake Itasca, and now named LAKE GLAZIER."

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_From Judge L. A. Evans, Ex-Mayor, Saint Cloud_

"First Mayor of Saint Cloud, and have served six terms as such.
Have resided in Saint Cloud for thirty years. I believe that LAKE
GLAZIER is the true source of the Mississippi River, and this is
the opinion of the majority of the people residing in this part of
the State."

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_From Will E. Haskell, President and Managing Editor, Minneapolis Tribune:_

"There