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  • The Lost Colony Of Roanoke

    From Andrew Squires@RICKSBBS to All on Sunday, September 07, 2025 20:39:16
    The Roanoke Colony was one of the earliest European settlements in the United States. The colony was founded in 1587 and was situated on an island off the coast of what is now the state of North Carolina. John White, the colony's leader, shortly returned to England, where the settlers had come initially to get supplies before returning to the new world. His journey was intended to be brief, but due to political turmoil (in the form of England's war with
    Spain), White couldn't return until 1590.

    Even though it had only been three years, when John White returned, a lot had changed. In actuality, the entire colony, which at the time consisted of 115 individuals, including a newborn child named Virginia Dare, was gone. The only thing remaining was a post bearing the word "Croatoan" carved into it. The
    term "Croatoan" referred to a native group that had friendly relations with
    the settlers. White believed that the colonists had relocated to Croatoan Island (now known as Hatteras, North Carolina). However, they hadn't. It is still one of the most well-known disappearances that have no known cause. Furthermore, there has never been any proof that the colony was slain.

    Many people think that baby Virginia grew up to be a stunning young woman who ultimately got involved in a tragic love affair with a native warrior named Okisko. Longtime island inhabitants believe she still prowls the woods in quest of her man, frequently appearing as a ghostly white deer that always disappears at dawn.

    The 2011 American Horror Story episode "Birth" relates the made-up legend
    of how the Lost Colonists suddenly perished and how their ghosts tortured the nearby Native Americans until a tribe elder banished them with the word "Croatoan."

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