Mary sees the twenty-four Puritans who escaped death that tragic day as the chosen or predestined, " .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" (14). .
When it came time to cross the Bacquaug River, as a captive, Rowlandson sees the Indians coming together to build rafts to carry them across the river. Seemingly being nice to the already wounded and feeble Rowlandson, the Indians put some extra brush on the raft so she won't get wet even though some of the Indians are mid-leg deep in the chilling water. Not seeing this as an attempt to keep her alive, Mary thanks God, and quotes from the Bible, "When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee" (21). This shows once again that Rowlandson believes that she is under the Grace of God as a "chosen one." A few days later, when leaving camp, the English Army came upon this same river and couldn't get across for the lack of a raft or the cunning to build one. About this situation Mary says:.
God did not give them [English Army] courage or activity to go over after us. We were not ready for so great a mercy as victory and deliverance; if we had been, God would have found out a way for the English to have passed this River, as well for the Indians with their Squaws and Children, and all their Luggage. (22).
This quote shows that this whole capture is part of God's master plan for making her a better Christian as one of the "chosen." .
At one point in the narrative, Rowlandson is cramped in the wigwam of her mistress. The mistress" Papoos (child) was sick and later that night died. Rather than feeling upset for her mistress and comforting her Mary says, " there was one benefit in it, that there was more room" (32). The next morning the Indians buried the Papoos. The rest of the morning and that night Indians were coming into their wigwam to mourn and cry with her mistress.
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The Faith that Sustains Mary Rowlandson Mary Rowlandson's narrative expresses her feelings as a frightened young woman whom had been taken captive by Indians. ... Even though Mary Rowlandson's tragic experience brings her many hardships, she is able to overcome it all through her Puritan beliefs. ... In Rowlandson's narrative, she honors God above all. ... After this tragic experience, she walks away a completely different person with a new understanding of the world and the power of God. ... Mary Rowlandson's survival is sustained only by her faith in the Puritan beli...
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In February 1675, Mary Rowlandson was taken captive by several Indians after they had burned and destroyed Lancaster. ... Rowlandson and her child were both wounded and very weak. ... Mary Rowlandson occasionally preached to the other nine English captives, eight of them being children. ... He gave her power to not take the tobacco pipe offered by King Philip, even though it was tempting for her, for she occasionally had been a smoker. ... She believed God had a plan, which was to capture Mary Rowlandson and hand her his Scripture so that she could live upon His word. ...
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