I agree one hundred percent with the original answerer. The Wompanoag ARE portrayed as "devilish creatures," . . . for the most part. I say this because one of my very favorite research papers I did in my college years was on this literary piece and how ironic it was that Rowlandson included so many incidences of compassion from the Wompanoag. Therefore, take this with a grain of salt, . . . or at least for an opposition paragraph someday at the beginning of a paper.
Let me give a few examples that might guild that opposition paragraph, however. First, one of them actually gives Mary Rowlandson a Bible out of the kindness of his heart:
I cannot but take notice of the wonderful mercy of God to me in those afflictions, in sending me a Bible. One of the Indians that came from Medfield fight, had brought some plunder, came to me, and asked me, if I would have a Bible, he had got one in his basket. I was glad of it, and asked him, whether he thought they would let me read? He answered, yes.
Very appropriate, of course, that she gives GOD the credit for giving her the Bible (considering the graphic context of the story). Yet another example of compassion is Rowlandson's "light" load she was given compared to the other captives:
In this travel, because of my wound, I was somewhat favored in my load; I carried only my knitting work and two quarts of parched meal.
Other members of the tribe give her good amounts of food at various times during the narrative (such as horse liver, peas, cake, venison, nuts, broth, horse feet, beans, biscuits, and meal) just to "comfort" her. And, of course, there is the fact that her "master" of the Wampanoag "showed me the way to my son," again, not necessary.
My final conclusion was that, although the Wompanoag showed compassion, it was no different than the compassion a white master showed to his African-American slaves on the plantation. Yet, the compassion still exists, . . . for what it's worth.
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