... change her way of life and adapt to survive. The Puritans first made their way to the New World because of religious persecution which resulted in an "alienation" toward their country. Mary White was a good Puritan woman who had a first class reputation because she came from a wealthy economic background and had married a minister, John Rowlandson. Unfortunately, there was ever increasing tension ... dragged away into the wilderness as captives by the Indians. Others were not so fortunate and were savagely burned to death inside the house or brutally butchered as they came running out o...

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