Imagine your life as you know it, being changed in an instant. This is exactly what happened to Mary Rowlandson. Although her times faced her with trials and tribulations, she fought tough and held strong. She also had to realize that some of her new surroundings were more difficult to deal with. Mary had strong morals and beliefes that were affected by the Indians. .
Mary Rowlandson emigrated to Massachusetts in 1653. This is where she met and married Joseph Rowlandson in 1656. She had 4 children with Joseph. She raised these children with good nature and religious beliefs. During the King Phillips war is where the trials began. Mary Rowlandson would be faced with the daily challenges of her life. .
In 1675, Indians attacked Lancaster, Massachusetts, where they took captive, Mary and 3 of her children. For the next three months they would keep her and her children captive. They had to face hardships such as fending for food between scare meals. In one instance of the book it tells how Mary was given as a gift, Bear meat. She was frightened that it would be stolen from her from another indian, so she kept it in her pocket for a period of time. She was also forced to complete difficult tasks that strained her morally and physically. She tells of how she had to cross rivers while carrying heavy loads for the Indians. Even when she told them that her cargo was too heavy, they would abuse her and make her carry all of it anyways. .
The most stunning attribute about Mary Rowlandson was probably her religious beliefs. She didn't compromise them for anything. She made it a point to pray regularly and kept holy the Sabbath whenever she could. In the story it tells of how she would carry around a bible in her pocket. She would pray with other captives. Mary was punished once for this. One of the Indians took her bible that she was reading from and threw it out the window. Mary ran out and brought her bible into safe keeping.
