Rosemarie Waldrop discusses Roger Williams’  work “A Key into the Language of America” and how it was used against Williams’ wishes and aided the European settler’s in invading and destroying Native American lands. He was clearly one of the very few people that were open to learning about Native American culture and language and preserving it rather than destroying it for economic benefit. She has some things in common with William’s including her place of residence, her skin color, and poetry but she is different in that she is female and while she was on the side of the losers in post war Nazi Germany she is now on the side of the winners, unlike Williams, who had it the other way around. I find it interesting that she calls attention to such comparisons and I like that her book discusses gender and conquering.  I enjoyed her comparison of the conquered female archetype with the conquered Native American lands. I also found it very interesting that the Narragansett now look to William’s book to learn about their past and their lost language.