Lancaster Raid
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The Lancaster Raid was the first in a series of five planned raids on English colonial towns during the winter of 1675-1676 as part of King Philip's War. Metacom, known by English colonists as King Ph
Lancaster raid site on Main Street in Lancaster
Being taken captive during a raid
Lancaster raid site on Main Street in Lancaster
Mary Rowlandson
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Mary Rowlandson, née White, later Mary Talcott, was a colonial American woman who was captured by Native Americans in 1676 during King Philip's War and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed. In 1682
Lancaster Raid
…after the role of the sachem Monoco was discovered. In addition, Peter Jethro, Tantamous's son, aided the settlers by communicating with the captors of Mary Rowlandson to obtain her release. Mary Rowlandson, the village minister's wife, survived the fire along with three of her children, one of whom shortly died. She…
Original caption "Mary Rowlandson Captured by the Indians" (Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836–1909)
London edition (1682) title page of Rowlandson's narrative