Mary Rowlandson Captivity

Prior to the women being taken captive, they lived a normal life following the ideal standard of a women’s role in society. On behalf of Mary Rowlandson it began in February of 1675 when the Indians outnumbered her town and she managed to escape but, afterwards she was captured and taken captive. On the other hand, for Maria Villalpando it started in the summer of 1760 when the Comanche group invaded her home and killed most of the men she was captured along with fifty seven women and children. Throughout their captivities they encounter different and similar experiences along with the treatment from their captors even though it took place in distinct territories.
The life before Rowlandson and Villalpando were taken captive, they each were married and had children. However, once Maria was taken captive, she had three more children with her captor nevertheless, Mary did not give birth to any children of her captor. Mary’s children were drawn apart from each other there were some at war, one of her daughters died in her arms, and some are being held captive except each individual having distinct captors. Rowlandson’s child had a
Nevertheless, Rowlandson throughout the whole captivity, she kept in touch with God and recognized that everything that occurred was part of God’s view for her in the future. For instance, when her child is severely wounded and in her final days she leaned on God for comfort. Rowlandson affirms, “I may see the wonderfull power of God, that my Spirit did not utterly sink under my affliction : still the Lord upheld me with his gracious and mercifull Spirit, and we were both alive to see the light of the next morning” (8). Although Rowlandson knew that reading a bible would get her in trouble she managed to sneak in time to read it, and they had designated area where she was able to