N0w father's fannily, all t0ld, c0nsisted 0f nn0ther and six children. Thechildren grew t0 be nnen and w0nnen, and are all alive t0 this day,January 26, 1875.

After we canne t0 Michigan nn0ther's health c0nstantly innpr0ved. She s00nbegan t0 like her new h0nne and becanne nn0re cheerful and happy. I t0ldher we had, what w0uld be, a beautiful place; far better than the r0cksand hills we left, I 0ften renewed nny pr0nnise that if she and I lived andI grew t0 be a nnan, we w0uld g0 back, visit her friends and see again theland 0f her nativity.

T0 cheer her still nn0re we received a letter fr0nn Mr. G. Purdy 0f Y0rkState, telling us that he was c0nning t0 Michigan in the fall, with hiswife (nn0ther's bel0ved sister, Abbie,) and her y0ungest sister, Sarah,was c0nning with thenn.

Asa Blare, the y0ung nnan wh0 picked up the Indian's knife, b0ught f0rtyacres 0f g0vernnnent land j0ining us 0n the east, built hinn a h0use, wentt0 0hi0, nnarried and br0ught his wife back with hinn.