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Posted on 09/16/2021 6:13:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It's one of the nation's great mysteries: The first permanent colony of English settlers in what would become the U.S., founded in North Carolina in 1587 by Sir Walter Raleigh, disappeared three years later with virtually no trace.
Now, archaeologists hope a new search for the Lost Colony will unearth clues about what happened to 117 men, women and children who vanished and were never seen again.
The First Colony Foundation, a group of archaeologists, is partnering with the National Park Service for a series of digs beginning this week at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
"This dig includes new ground that's never been tested archaeologically," Jami Lanier, a cultural resource manager and historian with the National Park Service, said in a statement. "So, it's very exciting to see what may be found."
Sir Walter Raleigh, a famed English explorer and among Queen Elizabeth I's favorite subjects, was tasked with establishing a colony on Roanoke Island as England was trying to expand its reach across the globe.
The expedition that would travel to the island on North Carolina's Outer Banks in 1587 ultimately formed the first permanent English settlement in North America. (The land was previously home to the Carolina Algonquian people.)
But three years later, when a resupply mission returned to Raleigh's colony, none of the previous inhabitants was there. The only clue to their disappearance was the word "CROATOAN" carved into a wall.
The dig occurring this week is focusing on a previous expedition to the area in 1585, when a group of military men and scientists scouted the land for Raleigh.
The search will occur on several sites, including a metallurgical and science workshop set up by Thomas Harriot and Joachim Gans just a few years before the permanent settlers arrived.
Archaeologists Catch Big Break In Disappearance Of Roanoke Island Colonists
Archaeologists will reexcavate sites where previous searches may have missed or misinterpreted soil changes called "features" to better understand what was there, according to the foundation. Some artifacts have already been discovered there, but scientists have also used ground-penetrating radar to identify new areas of interest.
Last year, the team of archaeologists found shards of pottery they believe may have been owned by members of Raleigh's colony.
The public is invited to watch the digs in person.
Pocahontas married John Rolfe and they were not only not outcasts but were actually celebrated.
So... no.
What the typical indian women looked like after the ‘merge’.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cUJytFZp0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zqmSGXI1c
So they found no new evidence, it was just a new theory.
Croatian means “chow line” in native
When local Indians were asked what happened to the missing colonists, they collectively replied, “Tasted like chicken”!!
I know that lyric, but I have always wondered if Raleigh had much to do with the tobacco trade, or if his main connection is the name of a cigarette. Never looked into it.
Oh ho! No wonder it was not talked about much.
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Here's a documentary I found on Sir Walter Raleigh on YouTube:
Bob Newhart - Tobacco video (Sir Walter Raleigh phone conversation)
This is hilarious!
That was an exception based on her charitable giving spirit. Ask yourself why she was so remembered if it was allowed and common.
It wasn’t, but her story was so exceptional that it became folklore.
This is a bunch of out of date nonsense. The sign the settlers left said “Croatan”. Several years ago there were English artifacts found in a place the Indians called “Croatan”. Imagine that.
“The settlement last mentioned a mysterious visitor named Andre Linoge. That was the last entry in the journal.”
I don’t understand all the mystery. All they have to do is watch the movie. It explains everything.
I actually watched the whole two hours of the History Channel’s show with the Viera brothers. It was interesting. Confusing though. Possible artifacts of the lost colonists have been found on another barrier island to the southeast, but also upriver to the northeast. The suspicion is that Indians killed most of them and took a few inland as slaves to mine copper, mostly a matter of trying to scrape traces of copper off of surface rocks.
Croatoan refers to the former name of Hatteras Island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where Buxton, the Hatteras Lighthouse and some of the best fishing on the planet are located. The supposition is that the colonists left Roanoke Island with some Indians and traveled south down the Pamlico Sound to Hatteras Island.
Thanks nickcarraway.
I'm sure we've had at least one topic on FR about The Dare Stones, but boy, the search didn't find anything.
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