The early English settlers of Roanoke Island in the New World established homes and lives alongside indigenous populations, but then they vanished completely, only leaving behind a coded message for other colonists. If there were survivors of the mysterious events of their disappearance, where did they go? What was the fate of the vanished Roanoke Island colony?
Artifacts found in historically native areas doesn't mean the English and natives integrated. The natives could have traded for these goods, or taken these goods and used them without living with the English.
While recent discoveries that are massively unique about Oak Island Nova Scotia, there is coming proofs that English (Italian) discoverer John Cabot of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Maritimes in 1498, it was shortly thereafter in the early 1500s-mid 1500s, that British/Scottish colonists came to Oak Island, settled, occupied, and created such craft and base-industrial island complex. This would be at the same time or even earlier (with a sheltered environment in Mahone Bay), that such sailing and fishing fleets from this area could have had (and maintained) contact with the Roanoke colony(s) ... and they could have recovered them back to Oak Island in both instances - while there would be some that would assimilate into the Croatan peoples.
One needs to have the Lumbee tribe to do their DNA picture, and these studies would provide greater analysis of the Lumbee and their further Cherokee assimilations as well.
I'm the editor-in-chief of HighStrange magazine. We rarely reprint articles from other sources, but I love the scholorship that goes into Ancient Origins. Is there any chance you would allow us to reprint this article about Roanoke? I would be willing to offer you a permanent ad and link to your website/newsletter on both our website and in the publication we author. I am best reached at highstrangemag@gmail.com. I can also be reached at rdwolfrunner@gmail.com. Thank you! Ranee Decker
Artifacts found in historically native areas doesn't mean the English and natives integrated. The natives could have traded for these goods, or taken these goods and used them without living with the English.
While recent discoveries that are massively unique about Oak Island Nova Scotia, there is coming proofs that English (Italian) discoverer John Cabot of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Maritimes in 1498, it was shortly thereafter in the early 1500s-mid 1500s, that British/Scottish colonists came to Oak Island, settled, occupied, and created such craft and base-industrial island complex. This would be at the same time or even earlier (with a sheltered environment in Mahone Bay), that such sailing and fishing fleets from this area could have had (and maintained) contact with the Roanoke colony(s) ... and they could have recovered them back to Oak Island in both instances - while there would be some that would assimilate into the Croatan peoples.
One needs to have the Lumbee tribe to do their DNA picture, and these studies would provide greater analysis of the Lumbee and their further Cherokee assimilations as well.
Is it possible that the colony was hit by a hurricane? Possibly swept out to sea?
Excellent essay, as usual.
I'm the editor-in-chief of HighStrange magazine. We rarely reprint articles from other sources, but I love the scholorship that goes into Ancient Origins. Is there any chance you would allow us to reprint this article about Roanoke? I would be willing to offer you a permanent ad and link to your website/newsletter on both our website and in the publication we author. I am best reached at highstrangemag@gmail.com. I can also be reached at rdwolfrunner@gmail.com. Thank you! Ranee Decker
Interesting