Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
ISBN-10
1502872846
ISBN-13
9781502872845
Series
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Category
Fiction
Pages
44
Language
English
Published
2015-03-04
Publisher
CreateSpace
Author
Mary White Rowlandson

Description

"[...]captivity, I shall particularly speak of the several removes we had up and down the wilderness. THE FIRST REMOVE Now away we must go with those barbarous creatures, with our bodies wounded and bleeding, and our hearts no less than our bodies. About a mile we went that night, up upon a hill within sight of the town, where they intended to lodge. There was hard by a vacant house (deserted by the English before, for fear of the Indians). I asked them whether I might not lodge in the house that night, to which they answered, "What, will you love English men still?" This was the dolefulest night that ever my eyes saw. Oh the roaring, and singing and dancing, and yelling of those black creatures in the night, which made the place a lively resemblance of hell. And as miserable was the waste that was there made of[...]".

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