The Colony Of Roanoke Eerily Vanished In 1590, Now One Expert Says He’s Solved The Great Mystery

The enigmatic disappearance of the Colony of Roanoke in the year 1590 has recently been resolved, according to a renowned expert.
America’s Roanoke colony vanished without a trace. It was started in the early days of the New World, when a band of settlers arrived on an island off the coast of North America. They built homes, began farming, and ultimately created a small community. Within three years, though, they had disappeared, never to be seen again. So where did they go? Well, compelling new evidence could now finally solve the puzzle.

Even today, the fate of the missing inhabitants remains one of American history’s most enduring puzzles. And you should know that the colony was barely off its feet when governor John White left Roanoke on a mission to source much-needed supplies. By the time he returned, however, the rest of the settlers – including members of his own family – were nowhere to be seen. What happened?

16th-century disappearance
Colonial America
Early English settlements
Indigenous interactions
Colonial artifacts
Native American tribes
Historical reconstructions
Historical research
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[kirkhere]

This video left out important details and also got several details wrong. It was not a mystery to the Native American tribes in the area as to what happened to the colony. One of the main objectives of the Jamestown colony, founded approximately 20 years later, was to find any survivors of the Roanoke colony because they would have learned crucial information about the area. Captain John Smith heard the stories from different tribes in the area, which were all fairly consistent. If you would like to know more, I would recommend you read A Kingdom Strange: A Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony by Dr James Horn. It is a fantastic read and I promise it is better than any documentary or movie you would ever see on the subject.

[xoxb]

If AI really does take over, we'll die of mispronunciation.

[kodiakkeith]

The big error is thinking the entire colony of 120 people went someplace. They were already starving and in trouble when White left for more supplies in 1588, but because of delays he didn't return until 1590. How many would have been alive a year later? How many alive two years later when White finally returned? I think half or two thirds or more died. Others trickled out to various tribes during those two years. The last ones leaving probably did go to Croatoan and carved that in two places, yet White's captain wouldn't even make the short trip down to Croatoan to rescue any survivors. 120 people with all their metal goods and pottery would have left a big imprint on Croatoan island, but any goods of value would have been traded off to various tribes for food over those two hungry years, and then traded off further by those Indians. The last ones leaving after the others died or fled likely did go to Croatoan, but how many was that? A dozen? And they'd have had few goods left to take with them. This wasn't a big movement of 120 people and all their goods, just a lot of slow deaths by starvation and small groups running off in all directions until whoever was left went to Croatoan.

[Unknown]

Oh come on! Why in the hell would anyone carve "Croatoan" and "CRO" on trees if most or all of the settlers had NOT gone there? That was clearly a message intended to last a long while, addressed to those who would come searching for them afterwards. I fail to see how pottery fragments are more convincing than these carvings. Pottery can be transported anywhere by anybody, and the provenance of the such findings is highly speculative.

[bradmiller]

So the leader brought over a hundred people to a new, strange land, with limited supplies, abandoned them for three years and was surprised to not find a thriving colony when he returned ? That's crazy.

[LizTaft-heqk]

As a native East Carolinian, this video immediately strikes me as questionable as the publisher(s)of the work did not bother to inquire about or hear the correct pronunciations of local peoples, counties, and settlements. Had they been on the ground investigating in eastern NC, they would NEVER pronounciate the names of these people/places as they have. It’s figurative “nails on a chalkboard” to our ears. SMH.

[utah]

I enjoyed this video. But, it came to mind how much better it would be if narrated by a real person, even if not perfect - it would be more relatable. Just a thought.

[InvisibleCitizen]

My family lived and farmed in Bertie County North Carolina until west Kentucky opened up in the 1830’s. My GGG Grandfather along with several other family members packed up and moved from Bertie to the land between three lakes Kentucky area. A few years after that some of the brothers packed and moved their families to an area west of Fredericksburg Texas. Our family records state that my family was farming in Bertie County in the 1650’s.

[ShaighJosephson]

There's no reason to doubt the native's story of what happened... It's the only story that hasn't been debunked... 💥

[jamesl]

Smart move. Leave the people including family behind and go on a very long dangerous journey back to England for supplies?! Why? Didn’t they know how to hunt and be self sufficient? It’s crazy

[tomford]

I've always been fascinated with the Roanoke mystery ever since I read a book in my 4th grade schools library called World's Greatest Mysteries that had a chapter about it. For some reason the story has stuck with me all this time.

[Ed-ymtu]

This didn't cover the Virginia Dare stone very well. That stone confirms the most likely theory that they joined a local Indian tribe. Further evidence with white natives living in the area during early colonial times, the drawing of the fort on the map, and the archeology discoveries from that period. That's enough evidence for me to close the case.

[purrdiggle]

The Lost Colony settlers all came from the same region in England. Today there are Indians in North Carolina that claim to be descendants of the English Settlers. A while back there was an effort to compare the DNA of these Indians and the People of the the region in England. But, I've never heard of any results.

[rebekah.]

Did I hear that correctly? Their ships were damaged in a storm, so, instead of sailing to a nearby island to find the colonists, they sailed back across the ocean to England. If I heard that right, it just doesn't pass the smell test. Something was omitted from that account.

[wednesdayschild]

Governor John White knew their location. He hid their location on a patch on his map. The colonist felt betrayed. They joined the Indians and in exchange, they taught the Indians how to fight using guns and how to make metals. When the Jamestown people came, the Roanoke colonists decided to stay with their new Indian family who stood by them. They took all the houses and moved them. I think it would make a great movie.

[poetmaggie]

They blended in with the existing population, probably for need of food, the museum has plenty of evidence in that direction.

[glennchartrand]

It was never a mystery.
They left several messages they left behind, carved into the trees that said they went to Croatan.

The Captain of the ship that was hired to transport the supplies refused to sail the short distance there because it wasn't in his contract.

Several decades later when the Croatan village was contacted they already knew how to speak English and had people with blue eyes in the village.

This was never a mystery.

[jimmywrangles]

This was solved over a decade ago, they were rescued from starvation by the local Indians and the survivors moved in with them.

[erickm]

My opinion is that some or most of them were absorbed/mixed in with the indigenous natives.

[jayshaeffer]

A fascinating story for sure..ever since hearing the tale as a youngster I've wondered what happened to them.. However, the AI reader was very painful to listen to. So many weird pauses and mispronounciations.