can be no longer any doubt, when the question is carefully
considered, that the credit of discovering the true source of the
Mississippi belongs to Captain Willard Glazier. Captain Glazier's
discovery has now become an accepted geographical fact, and future
generations of school-boys will speak knowingly of LAKE GLAZIER, as
we did in our youth of Itasca."

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_From J. O. Simmons, Little Falls._

"Have been a resident of Little Falls for the past twenty-nine
years; County Attorney and justice of the peace for several years;
would state that I am personally acquainted with the half-breed
Indian interpreter, Paul Beaulieu. Have known him since June, 1857,
and know him to be a person of intelligence, great experience, and
personal knowledge of the northern portion of Minnesota, which up
to very recently has been a vast wilderness occupied only by the
Chippewas. Have often conversed with him relative to the country
north of us, and speaking of the Mississippi, have heard him say
that Lake Itasca was not the fountain head; that there was a stream
emptying its waters into Itasca from a lake a short distance above
the latter, and which, in his opinion, was the true source. Since
Captain Glazier's exploration, I accept the lake bearing his name
as the true source of the Mississippi."

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_From Rev. Andrew D. Stowe, Rector, Trinity Church, Anoka:_

"This is to certify that from the testimony of Indians and
Half-breeds living at White Earth Agency, Minnesota, during my
residence there of two years, I am persuaded that LAKE GLAZIER,
instead of Itasca, is the real source of the Mississippi."

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_From D. Sinclair, Winona:_

"In the autumn of 1862 I spent several weeks in that portion of
Northern Minnesota, extending from Crow Wing to Leech Lake, and the
country about Red Lake, in company with Paul Beaulieu, the
well-known Indian guide and interpreter. During a conversation as
to the source of the Mississippi, Beaulieu informed me that Lake
Itasca was not the real source of that river, but that a smaller
lake, located a short distance south of Itasca, was entitled to
that distinction. After investigating the