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On the tenth of February 1675, Came the
Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster:
Their fi rst coming was about Sun-rising; hear-
ing the noise of some Guns, we looked out;
several Houses were burning, and the Smoke
ascending to Heaven. . . .
At length they came and beset our own
house, and quickly it was the dolefullest day
that ever mine eyes saw. The House stood upon
the edge of a hill; some of the Indians got be-
hind the hill, others into the Barn, and others
behind any thing that could shelter them; from
all which places they shot against the House,
so that the Bullets seemed to fl y like hail; and
quickly they wounded one man among us,
then another, and then a third, About two
hours (according to my observation, in that
amazing time) they had been about the house
before they prevailed to fi re it (which they did
with Flax and Hemp, which they brought out
of the Barn, and there being no defence about
the House, only two Flankers at two opposite
corners and one of them not fi nished) they fi red
it once and one ventured out and quenched it,
but they quickly fi red it again, and that took.
Now is the dreadfull hour come, that I have
often heard of (in time of War, as it was the
case of others) but now mine eyes see it. Some
in our house were fi ghting for their lives,
others wallowing in their blood, the House on
fi re over our heads, and the bloody Heathen
ready to knock us on the head, if we stirred
out. Now might we hear Mothers and Chil-
dren crying out for themselves, and one an-
other, Lord, What shall we do? Then I took
my Children (and one of my sisters, hers) to
go forth and leave the house: but as soon as
we came to the dore and appeared, the Indians
shot so thick that the bulletts rattled against
the House, as if one had taken an handfull of
stones and threw them, so that we were fain
to give back. We had six stout Dogs belong-
ing to our Garrison, but none of them would
stir, though another time, if any Indian had
come to the door, they were ready to fl y upon
him and tear him down. The Lord hereby
would make us the more to acknowledge his
hand, and to see that our help is always in
him. But out we must go, the fi re increasing,
and coming along behind us, roaring, and
the Indians gaping before us with their Guns,
Spears and Hatchets to devour us. No sooner
were we out of the House, but my Brother in
Law (being before wounded, in defending the
house, in or near the throat) fell down dead,
wherat the Indians scornfully shouted, and
hallowed, and were presently upon him, strip-
ping off his cloaths, the bulletts fl ying thick,
one went through my side, and the same (as
would seem) through the bowels and hand of
my dear Child in my arms. One of my elder
Sisters Children, named William, had then his
Leg broken, which the Indians perceiving, they
knockt him on head. Thus were we butchered
by those merciless Heathen, standing amazed,
with the blood running down to our heels. My
eldest Sister being yet in the House, and seeing
those wofull sights, the Infi dels haling Moth-
ers one way, and Children another, and some
wallowing in their blood: and her elder Son
telling her that her Son William was dead, and
my self was wounded, she said, And, Lord,
let me dy with them; which was no sooner
Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative of Being Taken
Captive by Indians
Wife of the Puritan minister in the Massachusetts frontier
town of Lancaster , Mary Rowlandson
left this memorable account of an Indian att ack on her
settlement during Metacom’s War. There-
after the Indians held Rowlandson and her surviving children
for eleven weeks before a ransom
freed them. The account of their captivity became a colonial
best-seller.
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said, but she was struck with a Bullet, and fell
down dead over the threshold. I hope she is
reaping the fruit of her good labours, being
faithfull to the service of God in her place. In
her younger years she lay under much trouble
upon spiritual accounts, till it pleased God to
make that precious Scripture take hold of her
heart, 2 Cor. 12. 9. And he said unto me, my
Grace is suffi cient for thee. More then twenty
years after I have heard her tell how sweet and
comfortable that place was to her. But to re-
turn: The Indians laid hold of us, pulling me
one way, and the Children another, and said,
Come go along with us; I told them they would
kill me: they answered, If I were willing to go
along with them, they would not hurt me.
Oh the dolefull sight that now was to be-
hold at this House! Come, behold the works
of the Lord, what dissolations he has made in
the Earth. Of thirty seven persons who were
in this one House, none escaped either pres-
ent death, or a bitter captivity, save only one,
who might say as he, Job 1. 15, And I only
am escaped alone to tell the News . There were
twelve killed, some shot, some stab’d with
their Spears, some knock’d down with their
Hatchets. When we are in prosperity, Oh the
little that we think of such dreadfull sights,
and to see our dear Friends, and Relations
ly bleeding out their heart-blood upon the
ground. . . It is a solemn sight to see so many
Christians lying in their blood, some here, and
some there, like a company of Sheep torn by
Wolves, All of them stript naked by a company
of hell-hounds, roaring, singing, ranting and
insulting, as if they would have torn our very
hearts out; yet the Lord by his Almighty power
preserved a number of us from death, for there
were twenty-four of us taken alive and carried
Captive. . . .
Source: Mary Rowlandson, “Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs.
Mary Rowlandson,
1682,” in Narratives of the Indian Wars, 1675 – 1699, ed .
Charles H. Lincoln (New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1913), 13–18, 24–27, 36–45, 48–56.
Courtesy of Early Ameri-
cas Digital Archive.
Questions for Discussion
1. How did Mary Rowlandson portray her captors?
2. In what ways did her response to the Indian attack refl ect
her Puritan religious
beliefs?
3. What did Rowlandson believe to be the signifi cance of this
episode?
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On the tenth of February 1675, Came the Indians with great .docx

  • 1. On the tenth of February 1675, Came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster: Their fi rst coming was about Sun-rising; hear- ing the noise of some Guns, we looked out; several Houses were burning, and the Smoke ascending to Heaven. . . . At length they came and beset our own house, and quickly it was the dolefullest day that ever mine eyes saw. The House stood upon the edge of a hill; some of the Indians got be- hind the hill, others into the Barn, and others behind any thing that could shelter them; from all which places they shot against the House, so that the Bullets seemed to fl y like hail; and quickly they wounded one man among us, then another, and then a third, About two hours (according to my observation, in that amazing time) they had been about the house before they prevailed to fi re it (which they did with Flax and Hemp, which they brought out of the Barn, and there being no defence about the House, only two Flankers at two opposite corners and one of them not fi nished) they fi red it once and one ventured out and quenched it, but they quickly fi red it again, and that took. Now is the dreadfull hour come, that I have often heard of (in time of War, as it was the case of others) but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fi ghting for their lives, others wallowing in their blood, the House on fi re over our heads, and the bloody Heathen
  • 2. ready to knock us on the head, if we stirred out. Now might we hear Mothers and Chil- dren crying out for themselves, and one an- other, Lord, What shall we do? Then I took my Children (and one of my sisters, hers) to go forth and leave the house: but as soon as we came to the dore and appeared, the Indians shot so thick that the bulletts rattled against the House, as if one had taken an handfull of stones and threw them, so that we were fain to give back. We had six stout Dogs belong- ing to our Garrison, but none of them would stir, though another time, if any Indian had come to the door, they were ready to fl y upon him and tear him down. The Lord hereby would make us the more to acknowledge his hand, and to see that our help is always in him. But out we must go, the fi re increasing, and coming along behind us, roaring, and the Indians gaping before us with their Guns, Spears and Hatchets to devour us. No sooner were we out of the House, but my Brother in Law (being before wounded, in defending the house, in or near the throat) fell down dead, wherat the Indians scornfully shouted, and hallowed, and were presently upon him, strip- ping off his cloaths, the bulletts fl ying thick, one went through my side, and the same (as would seem) through the bowels and hand of my dear Child in my arms. One of my elder Sisters Children, named William, had then his Leg broken, which the Indians perceiving, they knockt him on head. Thus were we butchered by those merciless Heathen, standing amazed, with the blood running down to our heels. My
  • 3. eldest Sister being yet in the House, and seeing those wofull sights, the Infi dels haling Moth- ers one way, and Children another, and some wallowing in their blood: and her elder Son telling her that her Son William was dead, and my self was wounded, she said, And, Lord, let me dy with them; which was no sooner Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative of Being Taken Captive by Indians Wife of the Puritan minister in the Massachusetts frontier town of Lancaster , Mary Rowlandson left this memorable account of an Indian att ack on her settlement during Metacom’s War. There- after the Indians held Rowlandson and her surviving children for eleven weeks before a ransom freed them. The account of their captivity became a colonial best-seller. dav07011_create_ch04a.indd Page 10 20/06/13 7:23 PM f-500 dav07011_create_ch04a.indd Page 10 20/06/13 7:23 PM f-500 /201/MH01947/dav07011_disk1of1/0073407011/dav07011_page files/Create/201/MH01947/dav07011_disk1of1/0073407011/dav 07011_pagefiles/Create Copyright © 2014 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. said, but she was struck with a Bullet, and fell down dead over the threshold. I hope she is reaping the fruit of her good labours, being faithfull to the service of God in her place. In her younger years she lay under much trouble
  • 4. upon spiritual accounts, till it pleased God to make that precious Scripture take hold of her heart, 2 Cor. 12. 9. And he said unto me, my Grace is suffi cient for thee. More then twenty years after I have heard her tell how sweet and comfortable that place was to her. But to re- turn: The Indians laid hold of us, pulling me one way, and the Children another, and said, Come go along with us; I told them they would kill me: they answered, If I were willing to go along with them, they would not hurt me. Oh the dolefull sight that now was to be- hold at this House! Come, behold the works of the Lord, what dissolations he has made in the Earth. Of thirty seven persons who were in this one House, none escaped either pres- ent death, or a bitter captivity, save only one, who might say as he, Job 1. 15, And I only am escaped alone to tell the News . There were twelve killed, some shot, some stab’d with their Spears, some knock’d down with their Hatchets. When we are in prosperity, Oh the little that we think of such dreadfull sights, and to see our dear Friends, and Relations ly bleeding out their heart-blood upon the ground. . . It is a solemn sight to see so many Christians lying in their blood, some here, and some there, like a company of Sheep torn by Wolves, All of them stript naked by a company of hell-hounds, roaring, singing, ranting and insulting, as if they would have torn our very hearts out; yet the Lord by his Almighty power preserved a number of us from death, for there were twenty-four of us taken alive and carried
  • 5. Captive. . . . Source: Mary Rowlandson, “Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, 1682,” in Narratives of the Indian Wars, 1675 – 1699, ed . Charles H. Lincoln (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1913), 13–18, 24–27, 36–45, 48–56. Courtesy of Early Ameri- cas Digital Archive. Questions for Discussion 1. How did Mary Rowlandson portray her captors? 2. In what ways did her response to the Indian attack refl ect her Puritan religious beliefs? 3. What did Rowlandson believe to be the signifi cance of this episode? dav07011_create_ch04a.indd Page 11 20/06/13 7:23 PM f-500 dav07011_create_ch04a.indd Page 11 20/06/13 7:23 PM f-500 /201/MH01947/dav07011_disk1of1/0073407011/dav07011_page files/Create/201/MH01947/dav07011_disk1of1/0073407011/dav 07011_pagefiles/Create Copyright © 2014 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.