Mary_Rowlandson

Mary Rowlandson 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 mary, rowlandson, children, indians, tells, life, faced, bible, mary, trials, took, time, strong, set, religious, pray, pocket, out, one, morally, months, met, massachusetts, king, kept, joseph, heavy, hardships, difficult, day, carry, captive, beliefs, being, worship