![]() ![]() Publisher: Random House Children's Books Date of Addition: 12/20/11 Copyrighted By: Caroline B. She slowly discovers that the "savages" have traditions and family life that soon become her own, and Mercy begins to wonder: If ransom comes, will she take it?From the Hardcover edition.Ĭopyright: 2011 Book Details Book Quality: Publisher Quality ISBN-13: 9780375899232 Related ISBNs: But days turn into months and Mercy, who has become a Kahnawake daughter, thinks less and less of ransom, of Deerfield, and even of her "English" family. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together. ![]() At first Mercy's only hope is that the English government in Boston will send ransom for her and the other white settlers. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. The grueling journey - three hundred miles north to a Kahnawake Indian village in Canada - takes more than 40 days. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and ordered by the Indians to start walking. The ransom of Mercy Carter by Cooney, Caroline B. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. ![]() Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. ![]()
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