The redeemed captive returning to Zion

This account by a New England minister tells of the raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1704, when he and many of his neighbours were taken prisoner and marched north to French Canada. He describes the hardships of the journey, the loss of family members, and the pressures placed on captives to change their religion. Written as a work of faith as much as history, it presents the ordeal as a divine trial and a deliverance. It remains an important source on frontier warfare and colonial life, and a notable example of the captivity narrative in early American writing.