The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-05-05
NORTH CAROLINA
HISTORY.
RALEIGH'S FIRST COLONY.
AN ENTERPRIsING FAILURE-ATTEMPT
ED SETTLEMENT ON ROANOKE ISLAND.

AN ENTERPRIsING FAILURE
ED SETTLEMENT ON ROANOKE ISLAM
= Studies in North Carolina History by W. c.
q len. IN W ilmington Messenger.
After the publication OF the report
Amadas aud Barlowe in Septembe
1884, Raleigh had no difficulty In s
curing emigrants for the new fous
land in the New World. At his fir
a call large numbers volunteered, and /
3 found himself reduced to the necesslt
] OF rejecting many and choosing onl
such as he wished for the enterprise
AS a consequence, by the earl
spring, Raleigh found himself prepare
to send out a colony of los men unde
the command OF Sir Richard GreenvilI
with Ralph Lane as governor of th
proposed settlement. Greenvile wa
commander of the expedition, with in
structions to see the settlement estab
lished and then to return to Eng]ant
for supplies, leaving Lane in control.
Accordingly, On the 9th of April
1886, the fleet of seven sails set ou
from Plymouth for Carolina bearing The
colony of los souls, besides the crews O
the vessels. OF the seven boats use6
in this expedition, only two were ovel
| 100 tons burden, and the others were
little better than modern pilot boats
A dozen such vessels could be put into
the hold of modern ocean steamship
and not exhaust the space. It was
with such boats as these that the first
English colony to America came.
Governor Lane wrote an account OF
his voyage with narrative of his stay
In North Carolina, which is printed in
Hakluyt's history of early American
explorations. In this account he gives
the names OF the los men, who consti-
tuted the company. Among these Is
that of Thomas Hariot, who Is known
to the world as the inventor of the sys-
tenn of notation in Algebra, as we'll as
being philosopher Of no little reputa-
ton. He afterwards wrote descrip-
tive treatise of Carolina, giving a de-
tailed account OF the country as to its
resources, naming the kinds of timber.
grasses, animals, and all kinds
of vegetable productions.
In the list other names,- such as
Gardner, Vaughan, Rogers, Harvey,
Taylor, Robins, Philips, Kelley, Lind
sey, Harris, Norris, White, Barnes, Ma
son, Skinner, Blount, Evans, Williams,
and others common in North
Carolina today, are found. Among
those mentioned as principal gentle
men" of the party, whatever that may
mean, are Thomas Candish, John
Arundale, M. Raymond and NJ. Stuke-
ey. The last named gentleman" af-
had an infamous share in the
rial and conviction of Sir Walter Ral.
,ign upon charges wholly false and
malicious. Candish became a free
oooter alter leaving Roanoke, and the
,ther "princl pal gentlemen" are not in
he best repute, according to the Inner
history of the times.
Philip Amadas, who with Arthur
3arlowe had visited Roanoke the year
,efore and bore now the title of cad
niral of the Country" was also in the
company. Last, but not least, Manteo
nd Wanchese, the ''lusty braves" who
vent to England with the Engllshmen
he year before, were also in the party.
It was this company that set out
rom England in April, and after cruls-
ng for a while among the West Indies
truck the coast of North Carolina and
ast anchor at Wocokon on the 26th of
-une. This island, then called Woco-
,on, now Ocracoke, was directly in
heir path to Roanoke Island. They
'alted here tor nearly a month, lmme-
lately sending word to Wingina, the
ing of these parts, of their arrival.
While waiting there to receive the
eply of the king, a party of explorers
onsistlng of Sir Richard GreenvllIe,
Ralph Lane, Thomas Hariot, Philip
Anada., John White, and others, pass
d over Pamllco Sound to the main
and and explored the present counties
# Hyde, Beaufort, Carteret and Cra-
,en. On this trip they discovered three
indian towns namely, Pomelok, Agu-
scogoc and Secotan, together With a
AXE, which they called Paquipe. These
owns, according to an old map of the
country made by Theodore de Bry. are
ituated in Hyde and Beaufort coun-
les. The lake was no other than the
me now known as Mattamuskeet IN
hyde county.
This exploring expedition occupied
even days, anu Is remarkable as being
be occasion of the kindllng of hostlll-
les between the English settlers and
n-o TIM on ,,o ryoc of tho