"Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" is a firsthand account by Mary Rowlandson detailing her abduction by Native Americans in 1675 during King Philip's War. The narrative describes her experiences over eleven weeks of captivity, portraying the challenges and the occasional kindnesses she encountered among the Native Americans. Rowlandson’s account is not only a personal memoir but also one of the earliest and most popular captivity narratives in American literature. It provides insight into her resilience and adaptability in the face of hardship, and it offers a complex view of the cultural interactions between the colonists and Native Americans during the colonial period.