2. Important people Williams family including Reverend Williams, Eunice Williams, Eunice’s Mother, Samuel, Stephan, Esther and Warham *Everything begun the night of February 29th 1704 when the Williams home was invaded by the English and all of them were kidnapped
3. Important Facts *Eunice who was six years old played an important role in this story. *The English colonists and Mohawk warriors took her as captive and named her Marguerite Kanenstenhawi Arosen *They moved to Canada with many other captives
4. Continuation… *Captives were sold to the French *Later on John Williams and most of their children were negotiated to be released and returned home *Just one of his children remained in the hands of the Indians who didn’t want to sell her *Most captives were baptized Catholic by the Indians *They named her Marguerite
5. Continuation… *Later on, Eunice’s father and one of her brothers consistently tried to make her come back home to Massachusetts *Everything was in vane *As time passed by, Eunice felt more comfortable living with the Indians *She married a native Indian named Francois-Xavier Arosen *They created a family together
6. Continuation… *After John Williams died, Eunice finally agreed on visiting two of her brothers living in New England, accompanied by her husband of course *First visit was held on 1740 *They communicated only with the help of a translator. *Eunice stopped speaking English to the point that she totally forgot it *Her father John Williams was really sad about the fact that her daughter had forgotten her origins and family *Still she didn’t want to see or visit her father or brothers
