Captivity narratives are usually stories of people captured by enemies whom they consider uncivilized, or whose beliefs and customs they oppose. The best-known captivity narratives in North America are those concerning Europeans and Americans taken as captives and held by the indigenous peoples of North America. These narratives have had an enduring place in literature, history, ethnography, and the study of Native peoples.
The Abduction of Daniel Boone's Daughter by the Indians, Charles Ferdinand Wimar, 1853
Elisa Bravo Jaramillo by Raymond Monvoisin
Hannah Duston by Junius Brutus Stearns
John Payzant (1749–1834) – captive taken at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
King Philip's War was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, the English New England Colonies and their indigenous allies. The war is named for Metacom, the Pokanoket chief and sachem of the Wampanoag who adopted the English name Philip because of the friendly relations between his father Massasoit and the Plymouth Colony. The war continued in the most northern reaches of New England until the signing of the Treaty of Casco Bay on April 12, 1678.
"King Philip's Seat," a meeting place on Mount Hope in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Site of "Nine Men's Misery" in Cumberland, Rhode Island, where Captain Pierce's troops were tortured to death
Colonists defending their settlement (non-contemporary depiction)
Benjamin Church: Father of American Rangers