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| '''Roanoke''', the first ] in the ], was founded at ] in what was then ] (now ], ]) in ]. | |||
| The enterprise was financed and organized by ], who had received a charter for the colonization of ] from Queen ]. | |||
| The first settlers returned to England a year later after killing Winginia, leader of the natives, and running out of supplies. A second group of English settlers arrived on ] on ], ] to re-establish the colony. ], granddaughter of Gov. ] of the colony, was born the next month on ]th becoming the first ] child born in the ]. | |||
| John White returned from a supply-trip to England on his granddaughter's third birthday but found his settlement deserted. He organized a search but his men could not find any trace of the colonists. Some 90 men, 17 women, and 9 children 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 "]" carved on to a tree. White took this to mean that they had moved to ], 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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