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The Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island in Dare County , present-day North Carolina , United States , was a late-16th-century attempt

y !ueen "li#a eth I to esta lish a permanent "n$lish settlement % The enterprise was &inanced and or$ani#ed ori$inally y Sir 'umphrey

(il ert , who drowned in 1)*+ durin$ an a orted attempt to coloni#e St% ohn s, New&oundland % Sir 'umphrey (il ert s hal& rother Sir .alter

Ralei$h would $ain his rother s charter &rom !ueen "li#a eth I and su se/uently would e0ecute the details o& the charter throu$h his

dele$ates Ralph ane and Richard (ren2ille , Ralei$h s distant cousin %314

The &inal $roup o& colonists disappeared durin$ the 5n$lo-Spanish .ar , three years a&ter the last shipment o& supplies &rom "n$land % Their

disappearance $a2e rise to the nickname The ost Colony %

Contents

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1 Ralei$h s charter

7 8irst 2oya$es to Roanoke Island

+ 5dditional 2oya$es to Roanoke Colony

o +%1 .hite returns to "n$land

o +%7 Return to the ost Colony

9 Thomas 'arriot

) In2esti$ations into Roanoke

6 'ypotheses a out the disappearance

o 6%1 Inte$ration with local tri es

o 6%7 :ther theories

6%7%1 Chesepians

6%7%7 ost at sea, star2at ion

6%7%+ Spanish

6%7%9 Dare Stones

6%7%) ;ir$inea 5rchaeolo$ical e2idence

* ?eechland
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returned to "n$land with two Croatans named =anteo and .anchese , who were a le to descri e the politics and $eo$raphy o& the area to

Ralei$h %37499 9) ?ased on this in&ormation, Ralei$h or$ani#ed a second e0pedition, to e led y Sir Richard (ren2ille%

(ren2ille s &leet departed % The &or t was a andoned, and its location remains unknown%

.hen the iger sailed throu$h :cracoke Inlet on une 76, it struck a shoal , ruinin$ most o& the &ood supplies% 3746+ The e0pedition succeeded

in repairin$ the ship, and in early uly reunited with the Roe!uck and %oroth& , oth o& which had arri2ed in the :uter ?anks some weeks

pre2ious% The Re" Lion had een with them, ut had merely dropped o&& its passen$ers and le&t &or New&oundland &or pri2ateerin$ %37469

5&ter the initial e0ploration o& the mainland coast and the nati2e settlements there, the nati2es o& the 2illa$e o& 5/uasco$oc were lamed &or

stealin$ a sil2er cup% In retali ation, the 2illa$e was sacked and urned %374>7 "n$lish writer and courtier Richard 'akluyt s contemporary reports

o& the &irst 2oya$e to Roanoke, compiled &rom accounts y 2arious &inancial ackers includin$ Sir . alter Ralei$h E'akluyt himsel& ne2er

tra2eled to the New .orldF, also descri e this incident% 364

Despite this incident and a lack o& &ood, (ren2ille decided to lea2e Ralph ane and 1B> men to esta lish the colony at the north end

o& Roanoke Island , promisin$ to return in 5pril 1)*6 with more men and &resh supplies% They disem arked on 5u$ust 1>, 1)*)% 3>4 ane uilt a

small &ort on the island and ordered the e0ploration o& the surroundin$ areas% There are no sur2i2in$ pictures o& the Roanoke &ort, ut it was

likely similar in structure to the one in (uayanilla ?ay%

5s 5pril 1)*6 passed, there was no si$n o& (ren2ille s relie& &leet% =eanwhile in une, ad lood resultin$ &rom their destruction o& the 2illa$e

spurred an attack on the &ort, which the colonists were a le to repel% 3*4) Soon a&ter the attack, when Sir 8rancis Drake paused on his way

home &rom a success&ul raid in the Cari ean and o&&ered to take the colonists, includin$ the metallur$ist oachim (ans , ack to "n$land,

they accepted% :n this return 2oya$e, the Roanoke colonists introduced to acco , mai#e , and potatoes %3*4) The relie& &leet arri2ed shortly a&ter
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Drake s departure with the colonists% 8indin$ the colony a andoned, (ren2ille returned to "n$land with the ulk o& his &orce, lea2in$ ehind a

small detachment oth to maintain an "n$lish presence and to protect Ralei$h s claim to Roanoke %

5dditional 2oya$es to Roanoke Colony 3edit 4

'aptism of irginia %are , the &irst "n$lish child orn in North 5merica% itho$raph, 1**B%

In 1)*>, Ralei$h dispatched a new $roup o& 1)B colonists to esta lish a colony on Chesapeake ?ay % They were led y ohn .hite , an artist

and &riend o& Ralei$h who had accompanied the pre2ious e0peditions to Roanoke% .hite was later appointed (o2ernor and Ralei$h named

17 assistants to aid in Roanoke s settlement% They were ordered to tra2el to Roanoke &irst to $ather (ren2ille s men, ut when they arri2ed

on uly 77, 1)*>, they &ound nothin$ e0cept a skeleton that may ha2e een the remains o& one o& the "n$lish $arrison %364

They were countin$ on these men to help with the new colony, ut when they could &ind no one, they $a2e up hope o& e2er seein$ (ren2ille s

men ali2e %364 The &leet s commander, Simon 8ernande# , now re&used to let the colonists return to the ships, insistin$ they esta lish the new

colony on Roanoke %3)471) 'is moti2e remains unclear%

.hite re-esta lished relations with the Croatans and tried to esta lish &riendly relations with the tri es Ralph ane had attled the pre2ious

year% The hostile tri es re&used to meet with him% Shortly therea&ter, colonist (eor$e 'owe was killed y an Indian while searchin$ alone &or

cra s in 5l emarle Sound %3@417B 7+

8earin$ &or their li2es, the colonists persuaded (o2ernor .hite to return to "n$land to e0plain the colony s desperate situation and ask &or

help %3@417B 7+ e&t ehind were a out 11) colonists G the remainin$ men and women who had made the 5tlantic crossin$ plus .hite s newly

orn $randdau$hter ;ir$inia Dare , the &irst "n$lish child orn in the 5mericas %31B41@

White returns to England 3edit 4

.hite sailed &or "n$land in late 1)*>% Crossin$ the 5tlantic at that time o& year was a considera le risk, as shown y 8ernande# s claim that

their ship arely made it ack% 3114


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They attempted to capture se2eral Spanish ships on the outward- ound 2oya$e to impro2e their pro&its, ut they were captured themsel2es

and their car$o sei#ed% .ith nothin$ l e&t to deli2er to the colonists, the ships returned to "n$land% 3+417) 76

The disco2ery o& Croatoan %

Return to the Lost Colony 3edit 4

?ecause o& the continuin$ war with Spain , .hite was not a le to mount another resupply attempt &or three more years% 'e &inally $ained

passa$e on a pri2ateerin$ e0pedition that a$reed to stop o&& at Roanoke on the way ack &rom the Cari ean% .hite landed on 5u$ust 1*,

1)@B, on his $randdau$hter s third irthday, ut &ound the settlement deserted% 'is men could not &ind any trace o& the @B men, 1> women,

and 11 children, nor was there any si$n o& a stru$$le or attle% 3+41+B ++

The only clue was the word Croatoan car2ed into a post o& the &ence around the 2illa$e and Cro car2ed into a near y tree% 5ll the houses

and &orti&ications had een dismantled, which meant their departure had not een hurried% ?e&ore he le&t the colony, .hite instructed them

that i& anythin$ happened to them, they should car2e a =altese cross on a tree near y, indicatin$ their disappearance had een &orced% 5s

there was no cross, .hite took this to mean they had mo2ed to Croatoan I sland Enow known as 'atteras Island F, ut he was una le to

conduct a search% 5 massi2e storm was &ormin$ and his men re&used to $o any &artherH the ne0t day they le&t %3+41+B ++

Thomas 'arriot 3edit 4

?orn in 1)6B, Thomas 'arriot entered Ralei$h s employment in the early 1)*Bs, a&ter $raduatin$ &rom :0&ord Uni2ersity % .hile he did not

accompany them on the &irst 2oya$e, 'arriot may ha2e een amon$ the men o& 5rthur ?arlowe s 1)*9 e0pedition o& the colony% 'e trained

the mem ers o& Ralei$h s &irst Roanoke e0pedition in na2i$ational skills and e2entually sailed to Roanoke with the second $roup o& settlers,

where his skills as a naturalist ecame particularly important alon$ with those o& painter and settlement leader ohn .hite %3174

?etween their arri2al in Roanoke in 5pril 1)*) and the uly 1)*6 departure, 'arr iot and .hite oth conducted detailed studies o& the

Roanoke area, with 'arriot compilin$ his samples and notes into se2eral note ooks that, un&ortunately, did not sur2i2e the colony s

disappearance% 'owe2er, 'arriot also wrote descriptions o& the surroundin$ &lora and &auna o& the area, which sur2i2e in his work A 'rief an"

rue Report of the e* Foun" Lan" of irginia+ written as a r eport on the colony s pro$ress to the "n$lish $o2ernment on the re/uest o&

Ralei$h% ;iewed as propa$anda &or the colony y modern historians, this work has ecome 2astly important to Roanoke s history ecause o&

not only 'arriot s o ser2ations on wildli&e, ut also his depictions o& Indian acti2ities at the time o& the colony s disappearance% 3174

In the te0t, 'arriot reports that relations etween the Roanoke Indians and the "n$lish settlers were mutually calm and prosperous,

contradictin$ other historical e2idence that catalo$ues the loody stru$$les etween the Roanoke Indians and oth o& Ralei$h s
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commanders, Sir Richard (ren2ille and his successor Ralph ane% 'ar riot recounts little to none o& these accounts in his report to "n$land

and does not mention the disorderly state o& the colony under either (ren2ille s or ane s tenure, correctly assumin$ these &acts would

pre2ent Roanoke &rom $ainin$ more settlers% I ronically, 'arriot s te0t did not reach "n$land, or the "n$lish press, until the year o& 1)**, y

which time the &ate o& the ost Colony was sealed in all ut name% 3174

In2esti$ations into Roanoke 3edit 4

Reconstructed &orti&ications at 8ort Ralei$h National 'istoric Site

Twel2e years passed e&ore Ralei$h decided to &ind out what happened to his colony% ed y Samuel =ace, this 16B7 e0pedition di&&ered

&rom pre2ious 2oya$es in that Ralei$h ou$ht his own ship and $uaranteed the sailors wa$es so that they would not e distracted y

pri2ateerin$% 'owe2er, Ralei$h still hoped to make money &rom the trip, and =ace s ship landed in the :uter ?anks to $ather aromatic woods

or plants such as sassa&ras that would $enerate a decent pro&it ack in "n$land% ?y the time they could turn their attention to the colonists,

the weather had turned ad and they were &orced to return without e2en makin$ it to Roanoke Island% 'a2in$ een arrested &or treason,

Ralei$h was una le to send any &urther missions %3+41+9 +)

=eanwhile, the Spanish had di&&erent reasons &or wantin$ to &ind the colony% nowin$ o& Ralei$h s plans to use Roanoke as a ase &or

pri2ateerin$, they were hopin$ to destroy i t% =oreo2er, they had een $ettin$ mostly inaccurate reports o& acti2ities there, and as such they

ima$ined the colony to e &ar more success&ul than it really was% 3+41+) +>

In 1)@B, they &ound the remnants o& the colony purely y accident, ut assumed it was only an outlyin$ ase o& the main settlement, which

they elie2ed was in the Chesapeake ?ay area E ohn . hite s intended locationF% ?ut Aust as the 5n$lo-Spanish . ar pre2ented .hite &rom

returnin$ in a timely manner, Spanish authorities in the New .orld could not muster enou$h support ack home &or such a 2enture% 3+41+) +>

'ypotheses a out the disappearance 3edit 4
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The end o& the 1)*> colony is unrecorded, leadin$ to its ein$ re&erred to as the ost Colony , and there are multiple hypotheses as to the

&ate o& the colonists%

Integration with local tribes 3edit 4

8rancis Nelson map, c% 16B>

In her 7BBB ook Roanoke: Sol,ing the &ster& of the Lost .olon&+ historian ee =iller postulated that some o& the ost Colony sur2i2ors

sou$ht shelter with the Chowanoke , who were attacked y another tri e, identi&ied y the amestown Colony as the =andoa$ Ean

5l$on/uian name commonly $i2en to enemy nationsF% The =andoa$ are elie2ed to e either the Tuscarora , an Iro/uois -speakin$ tri e,

31+49) or the "no , also known as the . ainoke% 31B47)) )6
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The so-called Juni$a =ap Enamed &or , 76+ Ealthou$h at least one, a story o& a .elsh priest who met a Doe$ warrior who spoke the .elsh

lan$ua$e, is likely to e a hoa0F% 31*4>6 Records &rom 8rench 'u$uenots who settled alon$ the Tar Ri2er in 16@6 tell o& meetin$ Tuscaroras

with lond hair and lue eyes not lon$ a&ter their arri2al% 5s amestown was the nearest "n$lish settlement, and they had no record o& ein$

attacked y Tuscarora, the likelihood that ori$in o& those &air-skinned nati2es was the ost Colony is hi$h% 31+47*

In the late 1**Bs, North Carolina state le$islator 'amilton =c=illan disco2ered that his red ones Ethose o& Indian loodF nei$h ors

inRo eson County claimed to ha2e een descended &rom the Roanoke settlers% 'e also noticed that many o& the words in their lan$ua$e

had strikin$ similarities to o solete "n$lish words% 8urthermore, many o& the &amily names were identical to those listed in 'akluyt s account

o& the colony% Thus on 8e ruary 1B, 1**), con2inced that these were the descendants o& the ost Colony, he helped to pass the Croatan

ill , that o&&icially desi$nated the Nati2e 5merican population around Ro eson county as Croatan% 31)4 7+1 ++ Two days later on 8e ruary 17,

1**), the Fa&ette,ille /!ser,er pu lished an article re$ardin$ the Ro eson Nati2e 5mericans ori$ins% This article states

%%%They say that their traditions say that the people we call the Croatan Indians Ethou$h they do not reco$ni#e that name as that o& a tri e,

ut only a 2illa$e, and that they were TuscarorasF, were always &riendly to the whitesH and &indin$ them destitute and despairin$ o& e2er

recei2in$ aid &rom "n$land, persuaded them to l ea2e 3Roanoke Island4, and $o to the mainland%%% They $radually dri&ted away &rom their

ori$inal seats, and at len$th settled in Ro eson, a out the center o& the county%%% 31@4
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'owe2er, the case was &ar &rom settled% 5 similar le$end claims that the now-e0tinct Saponi o&, he le&t the colonists with a pinnace and se2eral small ships &or e0ploration o& the coast or remo2al o& the colony

to the mainland% 3citation nee"e" 4

Spanish 3edit 4

5nother theory is that the Spanish destroyed the colony% "arlier in the century, the Spanish did destroy e2idence o& the 8rench colony o& 8ort

Charles in coastal South Carolina and then massacred the inha itants o& 8ort Caroline , a 8rench colony in present-day ackson2ille , 8lorida %

'owe2er, this is unlikely, as the Spanish were still lookin$ &or the location o& "n$land s &ailed colony as late as 16BB, ten years a&ter .hite

disco2ered that the colony was missin$ %3+41+>

Dare Stones 3edit 4
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8rom 1@+> to 1@91, a series o& stones were disco2ered that claimed to ha2e een written y "leanor Dare , mother o& ;ir$inia Dare % They

told o& the tra2elin$s o& the colonists and their ultimate deaths% =ost historians elie2e that they are a &raud, ut there are some today that

still elie2e the stones are $enuine %37+4

irginea !ars "ap 3edit 4

In =ay 7B11, ?rent ane o& the 8irst Colony 8oundation was studyin$ the ;ir$inea 437*4

It is also elie2ed that the reason &or the e0treme de&iciency in archaeolo$ical e2idence is due to shoreline erosion% Since all that was &ound

was a rustic lookin$ &ort on the north shore, and this location i s well documented and acked up, it is commonly elie2ed that the settlement

must ha2e een near y% The northern shore, etween 1*)1 and 1@>B, lost @7* &eet ecause o& erosion% I& in the years leadin$ up to and

&ollowin$ the rie& li&e o& the settlement at Roanoke, shoreline erosion was &ollowin$ the same trend, it is likely the site o& dwellin$s is

underwater, alon$ with any arti&acts or si$ns o& li&e %37@4

?eechland 3edit 4

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"0tensi2e research y the ost Colony Center &or Science and Research has hypothesi#ed that the Roanoke Colony mi$rated to the

?eechland area on the 5lli$ator Ri2er %3+B43+14 Sassa&ras which $rows there was elie2ed to e a cure &or syphilis% 3+743++4 It has een ar$ued y the

research $roup that the colony remained hidden purpose&ully in order to retain its monopoly on the sassa&ras trade 3+943+)4and that the colonist

intermarried with the 'atteras Indians who had relocated there with them and esta lished a thri2in$ community that lasted until the mid
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