Mary Rowlandson

Introduction

Mary Rowlandson, a Puritan minister's wife, was apprehended throughout the conflict in an Indian raid on Lancaster, Massachusetts. She was held captive by a premier Indian family for eleven weeks, before being returned to her husband. In the publication Rowlandson subsequent composed about her knowledge, she recounts traveling from one "remove" to another with her Indian experts, experiencing the adversities of hard work and the freezing outdoors. She relentlessly extracts Scripture- she discovered it to be a source of power and guidance for her in her time of trouble.

 

Analysis

One intriguing compare between the Puritan and Indian heritage can ...