Unsolved mysteries are usually talked about for years after the event occurred, just for the solid reason that they are interesting and that we were never able to understand what actually happened. There have been unsolved mysteries dating back to the very first colony to ever set foot on American land. This unsolved mystery is called, “The lost colony of Roanoke” and it’s become a sensation across the globe ever since it happened back in the 1500’s. When a group of 117 people followed John White from Britain to an English colony, but then they all went missing, what happened? Scientists and researchers are still looking into the case of the lost colony by using DNA from people today who claim that they are descendants of the Roanoke colony,
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So, John White decided to head back to England and get supplies for the colony. He planned on returning in a few short months. When he left, he told the colony that if they were forced to leave by the Powhatans or some other tribe nearby to draw a cross on a nearby tree. John White wanted to return that same year, but couldn’t because of a war that broke out between Elizabeth’s England and the Spanish Armada. White was unable to leave England for three years. When he finally returned to the colony three years later he found everything deserted and grown over. He checked all of the trees to make sure they weren’t marked and he finally came to a tree with not a cross, but the word “CRO” etched into the side. On a post nearby it more legibly reads “CROATOAN.” The most obvious answer was to look for the Manteo tribe who is located on Croatoan Island however, John White could never verify that theory because a storm was approaching the Island and it forced him to protect his ships and head back home to England. He never sent another rescue attempt and he died three years later. So what did happen to the lost colony of Roanoke? There are many theories, but not one person knows for …show more content…
One of the most popular theories regarding what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke was one that a man named John Lawson, who was an English explorer who wrote almost an entire century later in 1709 in his book titled, “ A New Voyage to Carolina” in that book he wrote about how he met Croatans living on Hatteras Island, where some claimed that they were descended from white settlers and he believed them due to them having gray eyes. Currently, the Lost Colony for Science and Research at Williamston is collecting and gathering DNA strands from the descendants of the Croatans to see if their DNA has any European or English DNA strands. They also found a ring on Hatteras Island dating all the way back to 1586 where they believe a man who was hung was left there to rot for a punishment and did so, leaving behind a brass ring. Another theory that is equally as popular is that the colonists attempted to move to the Chesapeake Bay, where White’s original destination was for the colony although they were all long dead before Jamestown was actually founded in the exact location. This next theory was founded by John Smith who is more famously known for being saved by Pocahontas, he claimed in 1608 that the Powhatan’s chief of the tribe said they killed
So, John White decided to head back to England and get supplies for the colony. He planned on returning in a few short months. When he left, he told the colony that if they were forced to leave by the Powhatans or some other tribe nearby to draw a cross on a nearby tree. John White wanted to return that same year, but couldn’t because of a war that broke out between Elizabeth’s England and the Spanish Armada. White was unable to leave England for three years. When he finally returned to the colony three years later he found everything deserted and grown over. He checked all of the trees to make sure they weren’t marked and he finally came to a tree with not a cross, but the word “CRO” etched into the side. On a post nearby it more legibly reads “CROATOAN.” The most obvious answer was to look for the Manteo tribe who is located on Croatoan Island however, John White could never verify that theory because a storm was approaching the Island and it forced him to protect his ships and head back home to England. He never sent another rescue attempt and he died three years later. So what did happen to the lost colony of Roanoke? There are many theories, but not one person knows for …show more content…
One of the most popular theories regarding what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke was one that a man named John Lawson, who was an English explorer who wrote almost an entire century later in 1709 in his book titled, “ A New Voyage to Carolina” in that book he wrote about how he met Croatans living on Hatteras Island, where some claimed that they were descended from white settlers and he believed them due to them having gray eyes. Currently, the Lost Colony for Science and Research at Williamston is collecting and gathering DNA strands from the descendants of the Croatans to see if their DNA has any European or English DNA strands. They also found a ring on Hatteras Island dating all the way back to 1586 where they believe a man who was hung was left there to rot for a punishment and did so, leaving behind a brass ring. Another theory that is equally as popular is that the colonists attempted to move to the Chesapeake Bay, where White’s original destination was for the colony although they were all long dead before Jamestown was actually founded in the exact location. This next theory was founded by John Smith who is more famously known for being saved by Pocahontas, he claimed in 1608 that the Powhatan’s chief of the tribe said they killed