An unsolved mystery called the Lost Colony of Roanoke all began with a man named John White. As the legend goes, in 1587 John White led a group of colonists from Britain to an English colony on Roanoke Island, and later left to scavenge for more supplies for the colony. Unfortunately, it took him three years to return, due to a major naval war that broke out between England and Spain, from which Queen Elizabeth I called on every available ship to confront the mighty Spanish Armada. When White did return, he found the colony abandoned and dismantled. What evidence has been found, and why is the Lost Colony of Roanoke yet to be found?
Before the quest began, White instructed his colonists to carve a cross into a nearby tree if they were in danger, or taken against their will, but there was no cross. In the event that the lost colony of Roanoke was found, the only two clues that were left on the scene were the word “croatoan” carved into a fort's gatepost and "cro" etched into a tree” as the source “Have We Found the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island?” by National Geographic states. Researchers and detectives were curious as to why this
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One theory found from “What Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?” by History Stories is that the colonists had been slaughtered by the Powhatan Tribe. “There is no archaeological evidence of this, and a recent re - examination of the primary sources indicates that any massacre that occurred was not of this particular group of colonists, but rather a group of colonists who had arrived earlier.” To put it another way, this theory has a very small amount of logic and cannot entirely be proved. While there is no theory that can solve this mystery, this Powhatan Tribe theory has only been found once in four various and reliable sources. On the other hand, the Native American theory is found in three out of four of those