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[Vol. VIII., No. 303 



THE ITASCA LAKE REGION, REDUCED FROM THE OFFICIAL PLATS IN THE U. S. GENERAL LAND-OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



AS SURVEYED IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1875. 



lie was claiming what did not belong to him, and 

 so told him. Then I referred to my copy of U. S. 

 land surveys (of which I copy every one that 

 enters the general land-office in Washington, on a 

 scale of one mile to one inch, with my own hand), 

 and showed him, imder date of March 20, 1876, 

 my copy of sectionized plats, covering not only 

 the region referred to, Nos. 142 and 143, N. R., 

 36 W., 5th Pm. mer., but all the rest of the area 

 covered by his route to and from the lake. He 

 expressed surprise at the facts shown him, and 

 said he regretted exceedingly that he had not 

 known them before he went, for such maps would 

 have helped him greatly in determining many 

 questions of geography, etc. He concluded to 



have his maps engraved, and requested me to add 

 some things and correct others, such as the form 

 and proportion of lakes, etc., and to make more 

 general resemblance to facts, only he insisted on 

 having what he calls Lake Glazier much larger 

 than the meandered exhibits on the L. O. plats. 

 The result of my attempts to improve his draught 

 was to make the resemblance to facts greater, 

 and at the same time, as now appears, to give 

 greater strength to his claim of exploration, and 

 to accurate knowledge on the part of his guide." 



And now, finally, to settle once for all the 

 worth of Captain Glazier's claim, Mr. Bartlett 

 Channing Paine comes into court, and, as state's 



