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Quotation from The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson
“Philip spake to me to make a shirt for his boy, which I did, for which he gave me a shilling.”
The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, The Eighth Remove (Project Gutenberg #851)

At the Connecticut River she meets Metacom and begins to trade her sewing for food and money.
Citation: "Philip spake to me to make a shirt for his boy, which I did, for which he gave me a shilling." — Mary Rowlandson, The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, The Eighth Remove (Project Gutenberg #851). (id rowlandson-narrative-of-the-captivity-q2)
Portrait: 1770 MaryRowlandson Captivity, Coverly/Rowlandson, Public domain.
