White and his men found no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and there was no sign of violence. Among the missing were Ellinor Dare, White’s daughter; and Virginia Dare, White’s granddaughter and the first English child born in America. August 18 was to have been Virginia’s third birthday. The only clue to their mysterious disappearance was the word “CROATOAN” carved into the palisade that had been built around the settlement. White took the letters to mean that the colonists had moved to Croatoan Island, some 50 miles away, but a later search of the island found none of the settlers.
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eturns from a supply-trip to England to find the settlement deserted. White and his men found no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and there was no sign of violence. Among the missing were Ellinor Dare, White’s daughter; and Virginia Dare, White’s granddaughter and the first English child born in America. August 18 was to have been Virginia’s third birthday. The only clue to their mysterious disappearance was the word “CROATOAN” carved into the palisade that had been built around the settlement. White took the letters to mean that the colonists had moved to Croatoan Island, some 50 miles away, but a later search of the island found none of the settlers.
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The Roanoke Island Colony mysteriously disappeared. John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony, returned from a supply trip to England to find the colony deserted. There were no signs of violence, but he could find no sign of the 100 colonists he had left behind, including his daughter and granddaughter. Roanoke Island Colony was the first English colony established in the New World.
The Spanish war; There was a Spanish war going on so, Captain John White's ships and crew could not leave England
a war between England and spain. He went back to Roanoke 3 years later.
When John White returned to Roanoke after several years in England, he found the colony abandoned with no trace of the settlers. The only clue left behind was the word "Croatoan" carved into a post. The fate of the Roanoke settlers remains a mystery to this day.
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When John White returned to Roanoke after several years in England, he found that the colonists he had left behind had mysteriously disappeared.
He returned in 1590 to search for his family and the 1587 colonists.
When John White returned to Roanoke Colony in 1590, he found the settlement completely deserted with no sign of the colonists. The only clue left behind was the word "CROATOAN" carved into a post, suggesting that they may have moved to a nearby island inhabited by the Croatan tribe.
The group that settled in Roanoke in 1587 was led by John White. He was an English artist and explorer who was appointed as the governor of the Roanoke Colony by Sir Walter Raleigh. However, when White returned to England for supplies, he was delayed by the war with Spain and was unable to return to Roanoke for several years. When he finally returned in 1590, the colony was mysteriously abandoned with no signs of the inhabitants.
the colony had been abandoned
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Sir Richard Grenville who returned to England leaving Ralph Lane in charge.
Roanoke was an English Colony, of which John White governed. John White returned to England. He returned to Roanoke in 1590 and was shocked at what he saw.Primary Source"We found the houses taken down, and the place very strongly enclosed with a high [fence] of great trees, and one of the chief trees. . . had bark taken off and five foot from the ground in fair capitol letters was [carved] CROATOAN, without any cross or sign of distress."-from John White's Journals (1590)Croatoan was the name of a local tribe and nearby island but White had never discovered the fate of the colonists or his family. Roanoke had failed.
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It took John White three years to return to Roanoke Island after he left to get supplies for the colony. He was delayed due to a combination of bad weather, the Anglo-Spanish War, and other circumstances.