Wednesday 17th March
THE GUARDIAN
#0120
by JEEK Robinson
THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE
In 1587, on an island off the eastern coast of North America, a small colony was founded (115 settlers) with the help of an englishmen, John White. But, he left for England to get more supplies. When he returned in 1590, three years later to the island, he found the settlement looted and abandoned.
After many years of research, we have finally solved the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke. Our american archaeologists have found a logbook of a survivor of Roanoke's colony, in the beach of North Carolina.
The Dare Stones,
Word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree
Written by Eleanor White Dare
Found again in 1938, by a californian tourist.
ELEANOR'S LOGBOOK
Eleanor White Dare was John White's daughter. She was one of the 115 settlers of the Roanoke colony, who stayed after John White's departure.
"After two years, we have started to lose track of time and to lose hope to see again my dear father and his men. We are afraid that's something has happened to them and that they never returned to England." "Here life is hard, we have some difficulties to deal with the Indians. They want to start war because we have taken a part of their land , plus, they have realised that we have become weaker and that we do not have any more supplies and ammunitions are running low. We are worried about our families."
"A few months later, sickness has come upon us. People are dying by the day in our colony. We had never seen the like of it before. ""My daughter Virginia and my dear beloved husband Ananias, have been taken away by the sickness. We had to burn the bodies to stop the disaster. Only seven of us have survived. We have to leave.""We packed up and went to the Croatoan tribe because it is the only indian tribe who showed us no hostility." Eleanor White Dare, 1589
THEORIES
We also learn that in the end only seven survived and that they had to leave because they were being chased by the tribe who lived in the Island. Their only hope was the Croatoan island, but from The Dare Stones which were not found in the island but in the center of the United States, we can suppose that something did not go well with the croatoan tribe so maybe they left again to find refugee among other tribes, so that is why on The Dare Stones: "Savage shows this to you, we promised you [would] give [them] great plenty presents." By this quote we can understand that they finally were able to settle in another tribe and that they still were waiting for John White to come and help them. We already know that he attempted two times to try and see if his family is in Croatoan but because of the bad weather he failed and returned to England (the ship did not belong to him so he did not have a choice but just return to England).
Mystery solved
Almost 490 years later, archeologists were able to finally solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke. Firstly, to be sure that this journal really comes from the 16th century, we run some tests to prove its authenticity. Tests revealed that the journal is written with ink made with iron salts and tannic acids from vegetables sources which was commonly used in Europe between the 5th and 19th centuries. Thanks to this extraordinary discovery, of a journal belonging to one of the settlers we are able to drew our theories. As Eleanor White Dare says on her journal, many people died because there was a certain disease that came upon them, and we learn, that they had to burn the bodies so that they could prevent it from spreading even more.
Professor Mark Horton
“Basically, the historical evidence says that’s where they went.” Horton believes these Native Americans “were friendly. It was a good place with one’s allies in a place where you could potentially be rescued.”
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Wednesday 17th March
THE GUARDIAN
#0120
by JEEK Robinson
THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE
In 1587, on an island off the eastern coast of North America, a small colony was founded (115 settlers) with the help of an englishmen, John White. But, he left for England to get more supplies. When he returned in 1590, three years later to the island, he found the settlement looted and abandoned.
After many years of research, we have finally solved the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke. Our american archaeologists have found a logbook of a survivor of Roanoke's colony, in the beach of North Carolina.
The Dare Stones,
Word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree
Written by Eleanor White Dare
Found again in 1938, by a californian tourist.
ELEANOR'S LOGBOOK
Eleanor White Dare was John White's daughter. She was one of the 115 settlers of the Roanoke colony, who stayed after John White's departure.
"After two years, we have started to lose track of time and to lose hope to see again my dear father and his men. We are afraid that's something has happened to them and that they never returned to England." "Here life is hard, we have some difficulties to deal with the Indians. They want to start war because we have taken a part of their land , plus, they have realised that we have become weaker and that we do not have any more supplies and ammunitions are running low. We are worried about our families."
"A few months later, sickness has come upon us. People are dying by the day in our colony. We had never seen the like of it before. ""My daughter Virginia and my dear beloved husband Ananias, have been taken away by the sickness. We had to burn the bodies to stop the disaster. Only seven of us have survived. We have to leave.""We packed up and went to the Croatoan tribe because it is the only indian tribe who showed us no hostility." Eleanor White Dare, 1589
THEORIES
We also learn that in the end only seven survived and that they had to leave because they were being chased by the tribe who lived in the Island. Their only hope was the Croatoan island, but from The Dare Stones which were not found in the island but in the center of the United States, we can suppose that something did not go well with the croatoan tribe so maybe they left again to find refugee among other tribes, so that is why on The Dare Stones: "Savage shows this to you, we promised you [would] give [them] great plenty presents." By this quote we can understand that they finally were able to settle in another tribe and that they still were waiting for John White to come and help them. We already know that he attempted two times to try and see if his family is in Croatoan but because of the bad weather he failed and returned to England (the ship did not belong to him so he did not have a choice but just return to England).
Mystery solved
Almost 490 years later, archeologists were able to finally solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke. Firstly, to be sure that this journal really comes from the 16th century, we run some tests to prove its authenticity. Tests revealed that the journal is written with ink made with iron salts and tannic acids from vegetables sources which was commonly used in Europe between the 5th and 19th centuries. Thanks to this extraordinary discovery, of a journal belonging to one of the settlers we are able to drew our theories. As Eleanor White Dare says on her journal, many people died because there was a certain disease that came upon them, and we learn, that they had to burn the bodies so that they could prevent it from spreading even more.
Professor Mark Horton
“Basically, the historical evidence says that’s where they went.” Horton believes these Native Americans “were friendly. It was a good place with one’s allies in a place where you could potentially be rescued.”