Pictographic writing is a popular form of expression, and comicstrip-like works are posted on websites, and in publications although without writing and sometimes with the benefit of a sound recording. ... The oral tradition, which was used in the days before people were literate, is now essential to the continuation of knowledge to our children. ...
During the attack, Rowlandson also explained her circumstances with reference to the Bible: "Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he has made in the Earth," (Psalm 46:8). ... In the early days of her captivity, Rowlandson received a Bible from an Indian. ...