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BUXTON, N.C. — The English colonists who settled the so-called Lost Colony before disappearing from history simply went to live with their native friends — the Croatoans of Hatteras, according to a new book.
...The evidence shows the colony left Roanoke Island with the friendly Croatoans to settle on Hatteras Island. They thrived, ate well, had mixed families and endured for generations. More than a century later, explorer John Lawson found natives with blue eyes who recounted they had ancestors who could “speak out of a book,” Lawson wrote. Lost Colony of Roanoke: Researchers say the 'mystery is over' - The Virginian-Pilot
I've been interested since childhood in what happened to Virginia Dare and the "Lost Colony" and wonder if this argument settles the mystery once and for all.
...The evidence shows the colony left Roanoke Island with the friendly Croatoans to settle on Hatteras Island. They thrived, ate well, had mixed families and endured for generations. More than a century later, explorer John Lawson found natives with blue eyes who recounted they had ancestors who could “speak out of a book,” Lawson wrote. Lost Colony of Roanoke: Researchers say the 'mystery is over' - The Virginian-Pilot
I've been interested since childhood in what happened to Virginia Dare and the "Lost Colony" and wonder if this argument settles the mystery once and for all.