| The island of Roanoke in North Carolina
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| | had gone; the word "Croatoan" - the name
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| holds the secret to the baffling
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| | of the friendly tribe that lived on the
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| disappearance of a band of English
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| | south of the island - was carved in a
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| settlers in the late sixteenth century.
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| | tree. However, despite White spending the
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| The early colony simply vanished without
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| | rest of his life searching, no trace of
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| trace, and their fate has intrigued and
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| | the colonists was ever found.
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| baffled historians ever since.
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| | Theories by historians include that they
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| The story starts in 1587, with the second
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| | may have been killed by the local
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| attempt to establish a British colony on
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| | Croatoan tribe, or that, tired of waiting
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| Roanoke Island. Two years earlier,
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| | for supplies and feeling abandoned, they
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| English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh made
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| | moved inland and married into other
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| an unsuccessful bid to establish a
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| | Native American tribes. Another
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| settlement on the Island, sponsoring an
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| | supposition is that they were murdered by
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| all-male colony which initially
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| | Spanish troops on a northern sojourn from
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| integrated well with the Native Americans
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| | Florida. Their fate may never be known
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| already living there. However, the
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| | and any evidence that may have supplied
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| harmony didn't last as the brusque manner
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| | clues is now long gone. The site of their
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| of colony commander Sir Ralph Lane soon
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| | inhabitation was soon overgrown by
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| angered the local tribe. To compound the
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| | vegetation and has now been lost even to
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| colony's problems, supply ships failed to
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| | the point where historians still debate
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| show leaving them hungry and
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| | the original location.
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| disillusioned, so when Raleigh dropped in
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| | Some argue that the doomed settlement is
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| on the colonists in 1586 after a trip to
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| | now under water some half a mile out to
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| the West Indies, they elected to join him
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| | sea, as the coastline has shifted
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| on the voyage home to Britain. But,
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| | significantly since the sixteenth
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| because the New World offered such
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| | century. With the location of the
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| potential profits, the English tried
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| | settlement unknown, it is impossible to
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| again in August 1587, and it is the
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| | dig for clues. Many people have travelled
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| settlement that was established by 115
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| | to the region hoping to find some trace
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| men, women and children that is the
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| | of the colony, and if you fancy joining
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| subject of the Roanoke colony mystery.
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| | their ranks, make sure that you locate a
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| Very soon after setting up the colony its
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| | hotel in Roanoke near the north of the
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| governor - artist John White - returned
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| | Island, where the settlement allegedly
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| to England with the intention of
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| | stood. Who knows? You might be the one
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| immediately returning with much needed
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| | who finally unlocks the secret to the
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| supplies. However, due to the war with
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| | ill-fated Roanoke colony. Adam Singleton
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| Spain he was prevented from setting sail
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| | is an online, freelance journalist and
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| for three years. When he finally arrived
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| | keen amateur photographer from Scotland.
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| back at Roanoke in August 1590 he came
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| | His interests include travelling and
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| across a totally deserted colony, with
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| | hiking.
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| only one clue as to where the inhabitants
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