The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-05
THE TOMB OF VIRGINIA DARE
Is it to Be Found on Roanoke lslane7
A Question Of History.

Nag's Head, describes pleasantly that
charming senshore resort; and goes on TO
Roar Roanoke Island or, Is the tomb OF Virginia
| Dare.
history, who have always believed that
Virginia Daro was involved In tho OBJ.
security and mystery which have for more
farte Of Governor Whites III starred col.
ony. Tho Historian Bancroft was CYL
IDENTIFY ignorant OF so important an his-
Roanoke Island OF the first English white
child born on American soil when he wrote
as follows:
ure, his daughter. Eleanor Dare. tho vito
| Of one Of the assistants, gave birth T.
female child. the first offspring Of English
The infant was named from the place Of
! It's birth. The colony now composed OF
eighty-nine mon, seventeen women an. ana
| two children, whose names are all pre-
] served, might reasonably hope Tor the
| speedy return of the Governor. who. as
he sailed for England left with them as
| hostages his daughter and his grandchild,
Virsnia Dare
More than another year elapsed before
! White could return to search for his col,
| ony and his daughter, and then the Island
of Roanoke was desert. An inscription
on the bark Of a tree pointed to Croa,an,
but the season Of the year and the dan
| cuse for an immediate return ito Eng
land). Had the emigrants already per-
had they eShsapea ", W.t fr thsE
ship of Manteo. become familiar with
the Indians? The conjecture has been
hazardcd that the deserted :. colony ne ne
| hospitality adopted into the TRIBE OIL HAY,
| teras Indians and became amalRamated
with the sons Of the forest. his was d she
and was thought to be confirmed by the
physical character OF the tribe. In which
| the English. and Indian races seem to
"Ralegh long cherished the hope OF
| discovering some vestiges OF their exis-
| tence; and, though he had abandoned
| the design Of coonizins Virginia, ne yet
| sent at his own charge, and, 1t Is said,
at five several times, TO search for his
/ llege-men But 1t was all in vain; mag
nation received no help in Its attempts
/ to trace the fate Of the colony Of Roam
/ cke.'
1t will be seen from the above that
! Whites return to Roanoke Is set forth
with somewhat OF detail, but not word
i of the finding OF the marked grave. much
loss tomb" of Virginia Dare.
! In this connection. It Is interesting TO
i note that Mr.. Hamilton Mcmillan, OF Red
Springs, Rebeson county. N. c.. few
i,years ago published u little volume full
4 Of historical research. In which he set
1 forth the ingenious theory, fortified py
/ strong argument, that the remnant OF the
/ and are still, living In a section OF Roa-
I noke county.
It is certain that there are two or three
4 hundred people living in that county who
call themselves, and have always been
called. Croatans. and that they arc a
very singular people In the daily con-
Germs OF life they. Of course, deal with
4 the outside world but they live apart,
many among themselves, and inhablt
certain district, the central settlement
OF which Is known as Scufiietown. they
I are tacturn and Jealous, and bitterly re-
sent being classed as mulattoes. THIS
/ sensltiveness to insult of the dignity OF
/ their race, and the injustice TO which it
gave rise, were at last the compelling
causes which raised their bands against
their felow-man, and stirred up bloody
| vendetta in Robson county, which lasted
for years
The Confederate government paid scant
courtesy to the race claims OF these
people, treated them as negroes or mtl-
attoes and impressed many OF them 10
work on the Qualifications OF the coast.
to their great Inconvenience, loss of time
and money, and. In some instances, loss
or life. This injury ranked In their
hearts, was kept alive for some years
after the civil war. and was only intensl,
fled by the lawlessness OF the county ana
perhaps other wrongs suffered under a
badly administered government.
About the year 1859 reign OF terror
began in Robson county, nor was II
prominent men of that section We're MUIR
ten in the broad light tn Of day, What S hat
by man named Henry Berry Lowery,
defied the law and roamed the country
for robbery and murder.
by or orEanizeG G POSES posses Of citizens. who ex-
erted every effort to bring these mur-
derers to Justice; but q considerable
area OF Robson county is made up OF
penetrable bays. every part of which was
familiar to the band. and. once within
these Businesses. they were o,t safe e. IRON
ry Berry Lowery was amazing, He af-
chief of Italian brigands, for terms or
ransom and sent SsInr h
wife, Rhoda Lowery a tau handsome
woman.
villages In the county, and on ono occa-
sion they entered Lumberton. the county
seat, and carried off safe full Of =, val
uables. n the year 1870 or ia the pLoW-
ern part of the adjoining county Of Cum
berland, and In broad day murdered
whole family of McLeods for consider
able sum OF money they were Known "
have In the house.
81 course, it was not In the nature Of
things for q whole community to remain
the mercy OF hamdF" w % fnaiy
hunted down, DISPERSED, and one or two two
killed. If my memory serves me; one
named Oxendine was executed In Wayne
County COUNTY. It is said that the leader, Henry
Berry Lowery, was killed by the acela
dental discharge Of his gun when N, ne
day that convinced that his lawless ca
reer was at an end, he escaped, and al'eF-
wards enlisted In the regular army. 80
It Would be Injustice to the mass o. d
the Croatans many of whom are good
citizens, to leave the impression that THIS
was solely croatan war Several Ns aaln o. dea
Of law and order; hut there can be no
doubt that the reign Of terror In Ropesoha
county had It's origin In the wrongs a'u
inihstlce mentioned, oo.,, =. ~ w.
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