The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-08-13
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
kEA0lhG ron the YOUNG
To COLONY That vanishsd--Ths
NED. WHITE and Bius--Antisths-
mes and the boastfui-
Youth.


lie had ambitious plans Tor
the colonization of AmsT.ea. and
as lac Was a man of means, and a, tho
same time stood high at Court, he Was
permitted to lnd out expeditions.
which was something other could no,
40 for lac. of funds and influence. Sir
Walters colonies did no, prosper
very well. bu, this did no, wholly dis.
courage him. About tho year 1857
lac iiitsi out his thlr'i expedition, and
placed over IL CAPITA John White.
who MAS noted for his bravery and
good cove nmsnt.
This colony MAS eompos-l prinei'
i.ally OF mechanics and iarmrrs-ius,
the sort Of peopls 10 send /" tho NeN
woElJ-~iish shows ,.H. Raleigh
inve Niat WAS required to establish
government ia a new country.
H. course of,ime the colony reached
the island of Roanoke IA Nifeins and
began to ST ready ior the winter.
Not long after the settling OF the
plasy. the fret little girl 10 l.. born la
the New World at white parents oI~n'
81 lvT Dyes To the ru'.e delights at the
s--,Ilemrn,. AMI they nan.i hsr Ap-
propi lately NirsiniA hanv, Ih-ehiidn
mother uhs daughter o. Governor
White. aud ,hry calirsi her Virginia Ia
honor oi 10. land where she vas born.
liy and hy Captain White usn, back
To ENGLAND for soms n-evs-nTi-s OF lilo
of which the Colony q. IioAnok.
stood Ia nev,i, lie was 10 rriufn ~
room AZ possible. but ihr Threatened
Spanish Invasion inlsff-fc,i. ani
many months elapsed b-iorr Raleigh
nnd Captain White could scud out
another vessel
Tie captain Of this vessel. Ike the
captain, al many Ia those days. wa,
no better than iir should have h..n.
and. instead oi i'oinsto tine a,si.thnc.
oi tie colony Of Roanoke. hc turned
pirate Eni b--stn TO max. war ON the
spHhihrds.
tn. .ad result Of tho hitcinp, TO
ruocor hi, little colony gri~sca sir
Walter. anil while hv lid all 10 could
to save them. Il was nearly three
years before Captain White found
himself sailing back to- Roanoke. lie
ions-l to go tie faces ui those whom
h- had lett with high hop-.. aud to
CLASP TO hi. heart little Virginia Dnrc.
ia. iir,t white child to open her eyes
la America.
II. wondered how tie coloni-,s
had irry,i. whether they had kept
friendship with tho Indians. snd how
they had prespCTri during hts long
absence.
Captain White had told hi. people
on Eonnok. leland b-ior. l,ayin.
them that II they ever changed their
quarters, ,h.y should leave some
tfacs~ u-ttua "fvfF.F. -=----..s s--.s----f
and thus lind them in their new home.
some OF tho men with Captain White
had relatives nni friends among the
ro,oni-ts. aud ;hcy had come on,
with him to remain and make their
home n, Roanoke. They had talked
over their plans in the cabin of the
vessel while I, was b-nrin. them across
til. deep. rrl many n castle had been
built in the air.
Al last the trees that covered
par, OF the IL lnd came IN sigl,, and
.v.ryon, looked for traces OF tn.
building. where the colony' had
housed themselves. but. aid not a
house was Ia hc seen. The colony
had disappeared.
Not daunt.d by this. Captain White
mud his men wen, ashore and began
to look for trnc-- of the tolony.
They searched everywhere, and Mt
last discovered cut in the bark OF n
great tree near the waters cdsc the
word "Cronthu."
The mystiii.d men gathered round
the tree. and wondered what the
strange Indian word meant, and
when Captain White, who's. heart
was not without hope even then, an-
nounccd that 1t was "A village some
distance from Roanoke all took |
courage and declared that they
would find IL.
"Croatan" was another island
known to Captain White and hopin;
TO find there the colony OF Roanoke.
he set sail for the spot.
II WAS an anxious voyage to all on |
board the vessel. and when the head. |
lands of "Croatan' came in sight, |
every eye wn- on the alert to catch !
frs, sight OF the colonists. hut 1t was |
another case oil bitter disappointment. |
for no sign of the settler was to he |
seen. The island gave the English no
clue to the whereabouts of their |
friends, and it began to look NJ II the |
earth had opened and swallowed the |
colonists.
For weeks and even months, Cap. |
tnin White and his men searched for |
the lost colony. They wandered |
among the Indian tribes, but could |
obtain no information Mt all. They |
thought that somewhere must he |
news of the fate o. the colony and o. |
little Virginia Dare; but the longer
they searched the deeper seem
ed to grow this historic mys-
terry.
OF course, Captain White had to
give up the search, and when
Sir Walter Raleigh heard of it, he
said that the colonists should be
found.
He did his best, to fulfil his declara-
ton. lie sent ont several cxpedi- |
tons with instructions to find the
men and women OF Roanoke, and he
spent great deal OF money,
his own, to solve
the mystery which no one could
guess.
TIE colony OF Roanoke is as lost Mt
the present day as it was when Sir
Walter reluctantly gave up his Efforts
to find it. All the expeditions sent
out by him. with this purpose in view,
failed to find n single trace OF the set