The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Turn to your partner and

answer these questions.

What does this picture show?

What do you the letters “CRO” stand for?

Read John White’s Journal

• Class discussion:

– What questions does White’s Journal answer for you?

– What questions does White’s journal cause you to have?

Theories

• With your partner: Write answers to the following questions– Come up with at least 2 theories of what

could have happened to the colonists?– What evidence would have to be found in

order to defend your theories.

Share

• As a class– Share your theories

• “Official” Theories– Taken in by Natives– Lost at sea– Eaten by cannibals– Killed by the Spanish

A New Voyage to Carolina John Lawson

• “These (Croatoans) tell us, that several of their Ancestors were white People, and could talk in a Book, as we do; the Truth of which is confirm'd by gray Eyes being found frequently amongst these Indians, and no others. They value themselves extremely for their Affinity to the English, and are ready to do them all friendly Offices. It is probable, that this Settlement miscarry'd for want of timely Supplies from England; or thro' the Treachery of the Natives, for we may reasonably suppose that the English were forced to cohabit with them, for Relief and Conversation; and that in process of Time, they conform'd themselves to the Manners of their Indian Relations.[16]