Evidence Of Roanoke Colony Theory

The Roanoke Colony was and still is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of all time. The Lost Colony, which is another name for the Roanoke Colony, was colonized on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Queen Elizabeth, the queen of England at that time, had wanted to make a colony in the "New World" to earn profit and to claim the land as England's. There were two attempts of colonization on Roanoke Island by England. The first attempt set place in 1585, and was made up with 100 men. These colonists were left behind on Roanoke Island, and ships were frequently sent, but there was still not enough food to support all the members of the colony. Due to this reason, the men constantly kidnapped neighboring native tribe leaders and kept them as hostage …show more content…
It states that the colonists of Roanoke Island joined the Croatans and intermarried with them. There are many pieces of evidence supporting this theory. According to an article titled "Roanoke Colony", posted on Wikipedia, the words "CRO" and "CROATOAN" was carved on two trees in the colony, suggesting that the colonists may have joined this group of Native Indians in a desperate attempt of survival. These two carving on the trees, in fact, are one of the few pieces of evidence that the colonists actually left behind. A second piece of evidence supporting this theory can be found in an article by Stella Novus, posted on Ancient Origins. According to this article, a tribe of Croatan Indians currently residing in North Carolina claim to be descended from an American Indian tribe, and since they look English, and some of the tribe members have English last names, this would make sense. Lastly, according to the same article posted on Wikipedia, East Carolina University launched an investigation in 1998 to gather more information on the topic of the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony. When the expedition team traveled to the old Croatan capital, they found some interesting pieces of evidence that could play an important part in finding the truth on the disappearance of the Roanoke colonists. One of the things they found was a 10-carat ring with a lion crest on it, …show more content…
The theory is called the "Chesepian Theory". It states that the colonists of Roanoke Colony left the settlement, joined the Chesepians, and settled near Chesapeake Bay, but were later destroyed by a hostile tribe called the Powhatans. It is stated on the article "Roanoke Colony", posted on Wikipedia, that when Captain James Smith colonized Jamestown in Virginia in 1607, in another attempt by England to form a permanent colony in the New World, he had to find the lost Roanoke colonists. When he went to the local tribes and demanded an answer to the question of what became of them, the native leader of one of the local tribes, called the Powhatans, admitted killing the colonists. The reason for killing the colonists, he said, was because the colonists had joined the Chesepians, which was a tribe that had refused to join the Powhatan's Powhatan Confederacy Army. Apart from this, the colonists had also settled near their land, and the Native Americans did not want them attracting more unwelcomed settlers into their land. Also, prophecies made by the Powhatan priests had also told of the Chesepians overtaking the Powhatan's empire. These three reasons, he said, had resulted in his army killing the colonists. Besides this, there is another reliable piece of evidence supporting the Chesepian Theory. According to the