[Sca-cooks] A little Roanoke Island history

[Lawrence Bayne]

The only clue being the word "CROATAN" carved in a
tree at the edge of the forest. The word has no
meaning that has yet to be ascertained.
BB
YIS
Lothar

--- Pat <mordonna22 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh sent the explorers
> Amadas and Barlowe to search for a good site for a
> colony along the Atlantic Coast.  They chose Roanoke
> Island.
>   In 1585, Raleigh sent a garrison of 100 men to
> Roanoke.  Poor plannning and leadership led to it's
> failure, and Sir Francis Drake rescued the garrison
> in 1586.
>   In 1587, Raleigh sent 117 men and women (including
> Governor John White and John White's pregnant
> daughter, Eleanor Dare and her husband Annanais
> Dare.) to colonize the Chesapeake Bay area. 
> Unfortunately the pilot he hired to do so, a
> Portugese named Fernandes, ordered them ashore at
> Roanoke Island.  On August 18, while they were
> unloading and repairing the abandoned fort, Eleanor
> gave birth to Virginia, first English child born on
> American soil.  Ten days later Governor White sailed
> with Fernandes, returning to England to beg more
> supplies.  His return to the island was delayed by
> the impending invasion of the Spanish Armada. 
> Finally, two years after the defeat of the Armada,
> he returned, only to find the site abandoned, and no
> clue as to where they went, or what happened.  
>   This is the famous "Lost Colony."
>    
>    
> 
> 
> Lady Anne du Bosc
> known as Mordonna the Cook
> Shire of Thorngill, Meridies
> Mundanely, Pat Griffin of Millbrook, AL
>  
> 
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