"You must go on adventures to find out where you belong."- Sue Fitzmaurice. John White was an explorer with many great and well-known adventures, but one, in particular, turned into perhaps one of the greatest mysteries today and has been baffling researchers and theorists for centuries. The Lost Colony of Roanoke came to the New World in search for a new place to call home and a brand new chance at a new life. The Roanoke Island is surrounded by land or some sort of barrier with only one clear entrance which makes it decently protected from ships. It was also plentiful in land, with vast and lush green forests going for miles. At first, it seemed like the perfect area for a new colony, but only shortly after they began to settle in, things
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For example, "Archaeologists Find New Clues to "Lost Colony" Mystery" written by Sarah Pruitt states that the colonists could have integrated with Native Tribes after Governor John White left to retrieve supplies back in England, stating "...the Roanoke colonists might have survived and split into two groups, each of which might have assimilated itself into two different Native American community." (Pruitt). Believing the colonists would never return, the colonists must have retreated to find other means of survival besides waiting for a ship they thought would never come. Researchers also found a small red and blue star hidden under a small amount of paper on top that White used to fix mistakes on his map. If a place like that did indeed exist, it would have been the perfect area for the wandering colonists to go to (Pruitt). Yet, surely John White would have found them there if it was a place they were meant to go to, yet he did not find the missing settlers anywhere. David Beers Quinn displayed evidence that shows support to his theory that the missing settlers integrated with the Chesapeake tribe and lived among them for approximately twenty years (Schouweiler 69). George Percy, a member of the 1607 colony that came after the Roanoke colony of 1587, said he spotted a boy with "hair of perfect yellow and white skin" in the Croatoan tribe, which isn't exactly impossible to find someone with blond hair or blue eyes, but incredibly unlikely that a full-blooded Croatoan native had pale skin, blond hair, and/or blue eyes. It is much more likely that the child had European blood as well (Schouweiler 51). Based on these facts and other clues, many theorists were led to believe that integration was the true result of the Roanoke
For example, "Archaeologists Find New Clues to "Lost Colony" Mystery" written by Sarah Pruitt states that the colonists could have integrated with Native Tribes after Governor John White left to retrieve supplies back in England, stating "...the Roanoke colonists might have survived and split into two groups, each of which might have assimilated itself into two different Native American community." (Pruitt). Believing the colonists would never return, the colonists must have retreated to find other means of survival besides waiting for a ship they thought would never come. Researchers also found a small red and blue star hidden under a small amount of paper on top that White used to fix mistakes on his map. If a place like that did indeed exist, it would have been the perfect area for the wandering colonists to go to (Pruitt). Yet, surely John White would have found them there if it was a place they were meant to go to, yet he did not find the missing settlers anywhere. David Beers Quinn displayed evidence that shows support to his theory that the missing settlers integrated with the Chesapeake tribe and lived among them for approximately twenty years (Schouweiler 69). George Percy, a member of the 1607 colony that came after the Roanoke colony of 1587, said he spotted a boy with "hair of perfect yellow and white skin" in the Croatoan tribe, which isn't exactly impossible to find someone with blond hair or blue eyes, but incredibly unlikely that a full-blooded Croatoan native had pale skin, blond hair, and/or blue eyes. It is much more likely that the child had European blood as well (Schouweiler 51). Based on these facts and other clues, many theorists were led to believe that integration was the true result of the Roanoke