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Why was Rowlandson’s reunion with her daughter Mary cut short

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Answer: The Natives were provoked by Mary's crying

Step-by-step explanation:

In the book, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Mrs. Rowlandson recounts her experience as a captured colonist by Native Indians during the conflict known as King Phillip's war.

She had been captured along with her 3 children, the youngest whom was really sick and injured at the time of capture dying 9 days after. After they buried the youngest, they took her to see her daughter Mary (they had separated her from her children).

When Mary saw her mother, she began to cry and this provoked the Indians who then told Mrs. Rowlandson to leave so that Mary would stop crying.

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