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Revision as of 06:45, 1 July 2003 editHephaestos (talk | contribs)22,414 editsmNo edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 03:25, 23 July 2003 edit undoMav (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users77,874 editsm . A group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island on July 22, 1587 in search of the colony left there the previous year. They find no trace of their comrades.Next edit →
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'''Roanoke''', the first ] in the ], was founded at ] in what was then ] (now ], ]) in ]. Some 90 men, 17 women, and 9 children (including ], the first child born in North America to English parents) disappeared; there was no sign of a struggle or battle of any kind, and the people seemed to have left suddenly in the middle of other tasks. The only clue was the word "Croatoan" carved on to a tree. White took this to mean that they had moved to Croatoan Island, but no evidence of them was found there either. What became of them is still a mystery; and Roanoke is often referred to as the "Lost Colony." '''Roanoke''', the first ] in the ], was founded at ] in what was then ] (now ], ]) in ]. A group of English settlers arrived on ] on ], ] in search of the colony left there the previous year. They find no trace of their comrades. Some 90 men, 17 women, and 9 children (including ], the first child born in North America to English parents had disappeared; there was no sign of a struggle or battle of any kind, and the people seemed to have left suddenly in the middle of other tasks. The only clue was the word "Croatoan" carved on to a tree. White took this to mean that they had moved to Croatoan Island, but no evidence of them was found there either. What became of them is still a mystery; and Roanoke is often referred to as the "Lost Colony."

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Roanoke, the first English colony in the New World, was founded at Roanoke Island in what was then Virginia (now North Carolina, United States) in 1586. A group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island on July 22, 1587 in search of the colony left there the previous year. They find no trace of their comrades. Some 90 men, 17 women, and 9 children (including Virginia Dare, the first child born in North America to English parents had disappeared; there was no sign of a struggle or battle of any kind, and the people seemed to have left suddenly in the middle of other tasks. The only clue was the word "Croatoan" carved on to a tree. White took this to mean that they had moved to Croatoan Island, but no evidence of them was found there either. What became of them is still a mystery; and Roanoke is often referred to as the "Lost Colony."