Six years after being released , her account of the ordeal was published, which is considered a formative example of the literary genre of captivity narratives.
[5] During King Philip's War on February 10, 1675, the settlement of Lancaster, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was attacked by Native Americans.
After attacking another town, the Native Americans decided to head north, and Rowlandson was again separated from her family and her new friends.
The Native Americans, along with Rowlandson, began to move quickly through the forest, as the English army was nearby.
They reached the Connecticut River and planned on meeting King Philip, but English scouts were present, so they scattered and hid.
Rowlandson started hoping that she might be returned home, but the Indians turned south, continuing along the Connecticut River instead of heading east toward English settlements.
They crossed the Baquaug River again where they met messengers telling Rowlandson she had to go to Wachuset where the Indians would discuss the possibility of her returning to freedom.
The council asked how much her husband would pay for her ransom, and they sent a letter to Boston offering her freedom for twenty pounds.
After many more Indian attacks and victories, Rowlandson was allowed to travel back to Lancaster, then to Concord and finally to Boston.