Interesting Tidbits About Roanoke Colony, aka The Lost Colony

It seems some of history's mysteries will remain a mystery.  Like the disappearance of England's first colony in North America; the Roanoke Colony, known to may as "The Lost Colony".  Different people have their "speculations".  In an episode of the popular TV series, "Sleepy Hollow" they threw out a "probability" of what might have happened. It as totally unbelievable but the show was entertaining. 

This is a well-known unsolved mystery in American history. Evidently, a group of people traveled from England to the New World (America) to settle in a new home. One of the colonists, John White, went back to England to get supplies, etc.

“When White finally arrived back in the colony on 16 August 1590 CE, there was no trace of the colonists in the abandoned stockade except one word carved onto a tree trunk: 'Croatoan'. This was the name of an island some 80 kilometres (50 miles) distant and suggests that the colonists had decided to move there, perhaps for greater safety. White was unable to investigate that island because of storms and was obliged to return to England. One can only imagine his frustration at having to abandon his family. The Roanoke colony then became widely known as the 'Lost Colony'. Nobody has ever discovered the final fate of the Roanoke colonists but the most likely explanation is that they were killed, sooner or later, by Native Americans in revenge for Lane's aggression in 1585 CE.”

“Finally, research by archaeologists in the region, conducted since 2010 CE over a ten year period, has uncovered artefacts which suggest the colonists integrated with the local indigenous tribes.”

What could have possibly happened? Isn't it obvious? They were probably attacked by the natives. Likely, the colonists who tried to resist and defend themselves from an attack were killed AND whoever was left, likely women and children, were taken and assimilated. But since nothing is documented, we can only GUESS!!

In other words, NOBODY KNOWS!!  When I saw this information I was really hoping to know "the rest of the story".  

REF:  Roanoke Colony - World History Encyclopedia  
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