St. Paul daily globe., 1894-02-11

on gall. and individual liberty is con-
Stantly defined to mean that the man or
the woman who has the gift of cajolery
may rob at their pleasure if they avoid
the clutches of the law.
The young lady left the GLOBE bu-
reau without making sale. Within
thirty minutes Charley Ruffee came in.
and hearing of the incident, went off
into reminiscent strain. as follows:
81 remember meeting that fakir upon
Leach lake when he was concocting that
yarn. 1t was in Jdly. 1879 or $50,
think. He had three or four people
with him-young fellows-and they
were simply out tor a canoeing voyage
from the head waters of the Mississippi
river down to the Falls of st.
Anthony. At Leech lake they
ran across my old friend, Paul
Beaulieu, and Paul is one OF the most
entertaining liars on earth when he has
the right kind of an audience. Glazier
was '.gull' of the first water. and
Paul blowed him full. Among other
pleasant delusions, he made the explorer
belieVe that the true source of the great
told him that he (Beaulieu) knew to a
certainty. as he had often visited the
spot, that the pond known as Elk lake
among the Indians was the actual head
waters of the Mississippi.
'IhiS aroused the verdant ambition
of Capt. Glazier, and he at once deter
mined to organize an exploring eXpedi-
ton for the discovery Of unknown lands.
Think of the value of discoveries of
this high grade, where the dScoverer is
told precisely how and where to find the
thing he starts out to discoveri GlaZier
began to look for a guide, and an Indian
was recommended to him as qualified
for this high and arduous duty. He has
ever since been Known as MusSenagun,
or the writer, aud was employed by the
redoubtable captain to conduct him to
the vicinity OF Elk Lake. The journey
was made without particular hardship
and without adventure, as MusSenagun
was we'll armed. and was an expert
hunter. The entire party was sup
ported by this Indian guide while on
this celebrated picnic excursion, Had
it not been for him there would have
been suffering, if not outright starVa-
ton, as the party was almost destitute
OF provisions when it left Leech lake,
and hence subsisted on fish and game
during its midsummer jaunt.
Nobody in the Indian country Imag.
Ined tor moment that Capt. GlaZier
proposed to return TO the East and
pretend to be a great traveller and
| original explorer on the strength of his
holiday excursion. Hundreds of mixed
bloods and white men all over Northern
Minnesota were acquainted with the
country. and it had been trav-
ersed over and over again by
trapDerS and fur traders for
Lake GlaZier) is the actual source of the
river, it had certainly been discovered
long before Capt. Glaciers grandfather
was born. The froutiersmen up i'll that
region simply laugh at the pretenSions
of the captain, and it is we'll under
stood up around Leech lake that Paul
Beaulieu was the real inStigator of the
fake discovery"
The writer knows that he is thresh-
ing over old straw in recounting this
GlaZler humDug, and only recalls it to
show readers of the GLOBE how Jena-
cious of life even the most silly false
hood becomes when it once Wanders
away FROM the locality where 1t is born.
Glazler's book is being sold, not only to
ignorant and uneducated people, but
to senators and representatives and
cabinet officers. and to other Intelligent
people, who probablY-they and their
families-read its pages without dis
elimination, and lay it down convinced
that its author is not only fine writer,
but also brave, fearless and enterpris-
ing explorer of strange lands and
among unknown and savage peoples.
And so the lie will continue to march
down the centuries, probably, bearing
the name of Glazier to the relnutest pos
terity, until he is classified in the same
list with Marco Polo, Columbus. DIR.
Livingston. Stanley and Emin Pasha.
The Minnesota Historical society has
pronounced upon the impudent claim of
this fellow, but that eminently conserv-
alive and respectable body of learned
SayantS- has not, unfortunately, the au-
thority in the East which 1t possesses at
home.
Why would it not be a wise and judi
cious proceeding to call the attention of
the national geographical society to the
claims of this pretender, and have from
that source au authoritative expression
IF opinion that would effeetuaily demol-
ish his claim? FRANK j. MEAD.