p, Attorney-General:_

"From such information as I have on the subject, I am convinced
that the actual source of the Mississippi had not been recognized
prior to the published accounts of the explorations of Captain
Willard Glazier."

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_From H. W. Childs, Assistant Attorney-General:_

"There is, in my opinion, no reason or ground for disputing Captain
Glazier's claim to have located the body of water now undoubtedly
regarded as the source of the Mississippi River, and appropriately
named LAKE GLAZIER."

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_From J. K. Moore, Private Secretary to Governor McGill:_

"From the evidence, it seems clear to me that the actual source of
the Mississippi River had never been recognized until Captain
Glazier made its discovery in 1881."

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_From Gus. H. Beaulieu, Deputy U. S. Marshal,
District of Minnesota:_

"Having been born and raised in the State of Minnesota, and a
resident of White Earth Indian Reservation, and being familiar with
the Indian traditions, I certify that Itasca Lake had never been
considered the source of the Mississippi by the best informed
Chippewa Indians. Although I had never seen any published maps to
the contrary, prior to the expedition of Captain Glazier in 1881,
from the best information I have among the Indians, I now regard
LAKE GLAZIER as the true source of the Mississippi River. I regard
his chief guide, Chenowagesic, as the best authority among the
Indians regarding the section of country about the headwaters of
the Mississippi, and consider him thoroughly reliable."

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_From Ed. W. S. Tingle, St. Paul Globe:_

"After a study of the literature of the subject, I am convinced
that the lake to which the name of GLAZIER was given by the Glazier
exploring expedition is undoubtedly the true source of the
Mississippi, and that Captain Glazier was the first to call general
public attention to the fact."

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_From Rev. W. T. Chase, Pastor First Baptist Church, Minneapolis:_

"There seems no reasonable doubt that the actual source of the
Mississippi had never been reco