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eter, and would be nearly oval in form but for a sin- ence the course of the ' infant Mississippi' between 



gle promontory which extends its shores into the Lake Glazier and Lake Itasca ? 



lake." This map is a copy of the maps of two townships 



Then we are to look for Lake Glazier at the head deposited in the government land oflSce at Washing- 



EANGE 1^0. 36, WEST, 5tTi MERIDIAN. 



MAP OF LAKE ITASCA AND ELK LAKE, 



Reduced from fac-simile tracings of maps of the surveys made in October, 1875, and deposited In the 

 General Land Office at Washingtou, February, 187G. Edwin S. Hall and Assistants, Surveyors. 



of a stream about five miles long, and lying nearly 

 due south of the western arm of Itasca. 



Now, will Mr. Pearce Giles be so kind as to point 

 out on the accompanying map the exact location of 

 Lake Glazier, and also trace for the readers of Sci- 



ton. They were drawn from surveys made by Mr. 

 Edwin S. Hall and assistants, who were in these two 

 townships alone for over four weeks in September 

 and October, 1875, six years before Captain Glazier 

 stopped over night (July 21-22, 1881) in township 



