Foreword
Preface
List of Illustrations
PART I. INTRODUCTION: MARY ROWLANDSON AND HER REMOVES
The Setting: Metacom's War (1675–1676)
Mary Rowlandson and Her Narrative
The Great Migration
The Anglo-Indian Frontier
A World Upended
Reordering and Remembering
PART II. THE DOCUMENT
The Preface to the Reader
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
PART III. RELATED DOCUMENTS
Metacom on the Causes of Anglo-Indian War
1. John Easton, Excerpt from "A Relacion om the Indyan Warre," 1675
The Perils of War
2. The Examination and Relation of James Quannapaquait, January 24, 1675
3. Town of Lancaster, Petition to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, March 11, 1675
4. Job Kattananit, Petition to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, February 14, 1675
5. Indians' Letter to English Troops at Medfield, 1675
The Redemption of Mary Rowlandson
6. John Leverett, Letter to "Indian Sagamores," March 31, 1676
7. Sam et al., Letter to John Leverett, April 12, 1676
8. James Printer et al., Letter to John Leverett et al., ca. April 1676
9. Letter from Massachusetts Governor's Council to "Indian Sachems," April 28, 1676
Postwar Justice
10. Andrew Pittimee et al. Petition to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, June 1676
11. Massachusetts Council to James Quanapohit et al., 1676
12. Mattamuck et al., Letter to John Leverett et al., July 6, 1676
13. A Memorandum of Indian Children Put Forth into Service to the English, August 10, 1676
14. John Hull, Excerpt from John Hull's Journal, August 24, 1676
15. Daniel Gookin, An Account of the Disposall of the Indians, Our Friends, November 10, 1676
Joseph Rowlandson's Final Sermon
16. Joseph Rowlandson, "The Possibility of God's Forsaking a people, That have been visibly near & dear to him," November 21, 1678
The Captivity of Hannah Dustin
17. Cotton Mather, Excerpt from Decennium Luctousum, 1699
APPENDICES
A Rowlandson Chronology
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index