. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . the bow^ of tlie first canoe, and, withgu i cocked, be ready to fire at any game which a suddenturn in the river might discover. How the explorerswished they could subsist on the blue berries whichwere fully as abundant as the mosquitoes along theentire route! But it required incessant eating of theseto satisfy the appetite, and even then, hunger, in a shorttime, asserted its former sway. The morning following this discovery was so foggytliat it was impossible to make a start before sevenoclock. The day wa
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . the bow^ of tlie first canoe, and, withgu i cocked, be ready to fire at any game which a suddenturn in the river might discover. How the explorerswished they could subsist on the blue berries whichwere fully as abundant as the mosquitoes along theentire route! But it required incessant eating of theseto satisfy the appetite, and even then, hunger, in a shorttime, asserted its former sway. The morning following this discovery was so foggytliat it was impossible to make a start before sevenoclock. The day was warm, and the journey un-usually fatiguing, consisting mainly of a portagetwice the length of the first one they had en-countered. It was, therefore, with unfeigned delightthat, late in the afternoon of the twenty-first of•July, they discovered the placid waters of Itascajust ahead of them. Launching their canoes, theysoon reached Schoolcrafl Island, after a pull ofabout two miles, and prepared to make this pointtheir headquarters. Lake Itasca was discovered by Henry Rowe School-. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. 463 craft in 1832, and was located by him as the source ofthe Mississippi. It is a beautiful body of water, withan extreme length of about five miles, and an averagebreadth of a mile and a half. It has three arms ofnearly equal size, and the island, named after the dis-coverer of the lake, is situated near the point wherethey come together. This island proved to be aboutthree acres in extent, and is so covered with under-brush that our gallant little party had much difficultyin clearing a sufficient space for their camp. Only oneor two trees of any size were found, and on the largestof these, a pine, Mr. Paine carved their names and thedate of their arrival. By this time Captain Glazier had become more thanever convinced, through conversations with Chenowa-gesic, that he was right in his preconceived opinionthat Itasca was not the source of the Mississippi. Hewas also sa
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