"Your discovery was considered a distinct addition to our knowledge of the geography of the Mississippi basin, and well worthy of publication by the Society, and I am directed to thank you for having communicated this brief account of it to us.
"Your obedient servant,
"H. W. Bates,
"Assistant Secretary and Editor."
George W. Melville, the famed Arctic Explorer, writes:
"Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"February 5, 1885.
"Captain Willard Glazier:
"Dear Sir:—Your very interesting paper and map of the discovery of the source of the Mississippi came to hand this morning. Having but a single number of your paper I can form but an inadequate idea of your labor and patience, except by a look at your map, which is a very good one, and shows an immense amount of labor; in fact I am astonished at the amount of work done in so short a space of time as is shown on your track chart.