While at the Mansion House, in Lancaster, Mr. J. C. Cover, editor of the Grant Co. Herald, called on me, and requested me to relate to him my story. This I did in a very poor way, which I am sure he would excuse, if he knew how many times I had previously related it. The next day I reached my brother’s house, where I was received with tears of joy. I will now mention what I know of the surviving settlers of Lake Shetak, as far as possible, in my limited space. Mrs. Duly and Mrs. Wright are with their husbands, having been ransomed, after four months captivity. Mrs. Duly’s youngest child was murdered while a prisoner, but two of her other children are with her. Mrs. Cook is married, and lives in Mankato. Uncle Tommy Ireland has recovered from his wounds; he still lives in Minnesota, and his daughters likewise. Mr. Duly joined the 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers, and afterwards became captain of scouts: he lives now in Mankato. Mr. Everett recovered, and went East with his little “Lily,” who was ransomed from the Indians. Charles Hatch returned to his friends in Wisconsin. Mr. Myers still remains in some part of Minnesota. Mr. Smith joined the Mounted Rangers, and served his time. Mr. Rhodes joined the same company, but, as he was soon afterwards missing, it was supposed that he deserted, as he was not heard from again. Mr. Bently enlisted to fight Indians, in some company. Mrs. Hurd is living at La Crosse. Now, dear reader, since you have attended me till I finally reached my destination, and joined my relatives, I will bid you good-bye, hoping that if you are ever as unfortunate as I have been, God will give you as many kind friends as he has given me. COPYRIGHT SECURED ACCORDING TO LAW. Transcriber’s Note: Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Obvious printing errors, such as upside down, or partially printed letters and punctuation, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences were added. Extraneous punctuation was removed. Obsolete spellings were not changed. Thirteen misspelled words were corrected.