Raleigh Settles Roanoke - 1585
Did you know there was an early colony in Roanoke that disappeared? It all started with a man named Sir Walter Raleigh, who came to this country hoping to establish a base for raiding the Spanish empire here. He sent 108 men from England to settle in a land called 'Virginia'. In 1585, he settled a colony there.
In 1590, another man named John White came over to bring supplies from England, but, he was the one who was surprised! Everyone was missing. A little girl named Virginia Dare was born and even she was gone! The only clues that they found were the letters CRO carved on a tree, and the word 'Croatian' was carved on another tree. It is a mystery as to the whereabouts of the colonists was, as none of them were ever found. Roanoke is known as the 'Lost Colony'.
There is an Indian tribe in North Carolina that used to have the name 'Croatian' and it is possible that these Indians are the descendants of the lost colonists and the Indians that lived nearby.
See the other blog page on the Lost Colony at:The Lost Colony of Roanoke
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