The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-06
Childran's Column.
THa CRoArANS.

Men have been dlvldt d in opinion as
TO what became of the ios5 Colony of
Il 'anoke. SDme believe they we're all
murdered by the Indians But the
truth probably is, they j IIned the tribe
OF HAtteras Indlans, who lived on
CrosGan I-Iand. =
The Indians were always moving
their homes Oor~ B INKS, which the
Indiaos called Croatan, ia a barren,
sandy strip OF land, between the ocean
and the lund IG cannot furnish much
food, and many persons cannot live
there 30 the H. teras Indians and
the co onIsGs moved their home TO the
mainland.
Though no white persnu ever saw
these c )IonIsts ag AIN, the K Iglish had
news OF them Sixteen years after
J nm Whites lasi Visit to r anoke, the
EIgEs7 planted a colony at J smes-
o wn, V rginia, under Captain john
Smith. Ie OF the Indian kings near
there told Captain Smith that there
we're men living south Of them, who
dressed like the E glIsh. J Inn Smith
cent tWo men with an Indian as guide
TO look for these men tnat wore clo,h-
ing. This IndIao de served the two
me0, and did not take TIL m where he
had promised. Bat they saw trees
with letters and crosses cut upon them,
Rhica b we'd that Christian people
had been here.
Some Of the Dst Oolonists heard
that Elglishmen mad serGlt d on j mes
River, and they tried TO go to ] lmes-
t ,wn. But many of them were KILLED
by PJWh4tan tine king That after war, g
capture d Captain ] On SMITH and the
o,her- Fl d south ward.
AoouG one hundred years later, ] hu
Lawson explored rhs g s ern part Of
Norm Carolina, and wrote a book
ABOUT the 1untry and people He said
that the H4JCeraa In1I4ns, wno for
merly lived on R aupke Island. told
nIm that some OF c ,eIr ancesto s were
white people, aud could talk In a
Oook." May OF the II N'eras IldI4ns
mad gray eyes. ALI oGler Indians nave
dark eyes
For a while the HAsteras Indians
Inv d on Neus9 RIVER near Seven
Sorings Tnen they moved to Black
River n Sampson County.
There Is now llv,ns in Robson
county apeople called CroaCan IndLans
Eney have be q there ov ,r Two hun
dred years, Ina Oroatan Indians be-
iIeve them selves to be the descendants
IT b L sE OOlonIsts. They boast Of
Gheir NIX { EIgIIsn and indian bod.
Chey always speak OF E stern NJrth
JarOlIna as VtrgIuIa, aud they a
G0eT Old home was IN r ,an Ike in
Virginia They call themselves Hat
teras indians.
TIE CrOaEans have men OF al shades
from black Co WuIce Some of them
cannot be Distinguished rom pure
Olo jded white people. They have
s raight BLACK hair, AMI high cheek
comes, as all Indians. There are some
beautiful women among them; they
are graceful, have g)oI figures. AID
tneir dresses are becoming.
The Orns'ans are Christians, and
since 1885 tney have had puollc
SCHOOLS excIuziveDy for them Before
1885 the CroaGan children generally
grew 40 in ignorance, because they
were not 30 mIUtsd to the schools for
white children, aud they wou d not
send their children to &c aool with the
negroes.
Though most of the Croatans are in
R )Oesou county, there are others scat
tered over all western North Carolina.
After the white people settled North
CAROLINA, some Of the Oroarans moved
20 the Great Likes. aud their descen
ants are still living IN Canada, west of
L Ike Ontario. DINERS nave moved to
other places in rha vest. The latest
removal was in 1890, when a party OF
OroaGans went tO K .usas.
Az one time Lne Oroatans were
known as r .dbones. There is a stree
In Fayetteville Oy this name, because
some of The r ID zones once lived on it.
TIE Gro ACans are proud and high
spirited. Tney are nospltaole to sEran-
gere, and ever ready 60 do a favor for
the white people. Tney live by them
8 Ives, away from the public roads.
L &c the Indians, they n9ver forget a
kIndne' s or an / Try, and they march
also in Indian f,e. B &c unlike the
Indians, they are cleauly in their
naoits. and they are great road-buIlG-
ers. The Croatans nave some Of the
best rOaos in the Scata One of them