John White: The Lost Colony Of Roanoke

‘“When John White came back to the Colony of Roanoke, everybody in the colony had mysteriously vanished.,” The Lost Colony of Roanoke is still an undiscovered mystery today. Nobody can wrap their heads around how a hundred and seventeen people mysteriously disappeared without a trace never to be located again.

In 1587, John White lead a crew of a hundred and seventeen to the island of Roanoke, hoping to form England’s first colony in America. The travel to Roanoke Island didn't trouble John White and they successfully set anchor on Roanoke in July 22, 1587. The Colony worked out exactly as planned until the colony ran out of supplies, forcing John White to sail back to England to collect more supplies then return home with the supplies. The

journey was supposed to take a month’s time , but because of a massive storm it took twice as long. When John White came back to the Colony of Roanoke everybody in the colony had mysteriously vanished. The only evidence was letters sprawled on the gate of Roanoke which said “Croatan.”. The Croatans were indians which lived by the Colony of Roanoke but were identified as peaceful. Since John White’s daughter was in the colony when he left, He called a giant search for the Colony. The search didn't last long because another massive storm hit causing John White to call of the search for Roanoke. After the storm, John White sailed back to England to call a bigger search which was never approved.
Many people had searched the mystery of Roanoke and have come up with two theories that are logical. The first theory is the most believable and scientists have been searching for proof prove of this theory. This is that colonists ran out of supplies faster than they should have should’ve and left Roanoke to go find food. They believe that the Croatans found the colonists struggling to find food and let the colonists live with them. That is accurate because it explains why the colonists wrote Croatans written on the gate to Roanoke. The Colonists may have written the word on the gate to tell John White that they had left to live with the Croatans. Though studies still have not proven this theory right, it hasn't been proven wrong and is still one of the top theories yet to be proven.
The second and last theory is very interesting and less likely thant the first theory.

This theory is that the colonists had been attacked by indians which the colonists believed to be the Croatans. Scientists assume that the colonists survived the first attack from the indians which could have given them time to write the sprawlings on the gate. Then they believe that the second attack left the colonists either dead or taken prisoner. This theory makes sense but there are some faults that just don’t add up. The first fault is that if they had been at war with the indians why had there they been no blood drops or bodies when John White returned? . Some people believe that there had been no blood drop or bodies because the colonists had gone and attacked the indians ,but others some people say that colonists were smart and wouldn't have done that. The second fault is why wouldn’t have the colonists have explained more on the gate of the colony then just writing one word, Croatans?. This one can be easily avoided because some say that the colonists had been attacked while they were writing Croatans.

Though nobody really knows what happened to the colonists, pPeople have made some pretty believable theories to the mystery of Roanoke. We may never know what happened to the colonists ,but we can alway imagine what could’ve happened to the Colonists of

Roanoke.