The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-02

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but made no effort to effect a
settlement, returning to England
and carrying with them two ma
tives, both chiefs, Manteo and
Wanchese, who received great
attention in England and whof
were brought back by the next
expedition. Manteo remaining
to the last the good friend of the
white men while Wanchese be-
came their unlenting enemy.
The accounts the Englishmen
took back of this new world, |
which Raleigh named Virginia" "
in honor Of the so-called Virgin
Queen Elizabeth, set England in |
a fame, and bold adventurers
rallied for a new journey, the
expedition sailing early in 1886,
Sir Richard Grenville, Raleigh's
cousin, commanding. Virginia
was the general name given all
the territory which the English
claimed on the basis of all discov-
cries, but it seems there were
two provinces, one called Carol
ana and the other Carolina, these
adjoining, but Carolana soon
went out of existance, if indeed
it ever really existed, and the
name Carolina covered all the
territory within the charter of
1868, this being presently divided
so that in 1719 the governments
of North Carolina and South Car
Dina were made entirely distinct.
In the second expedition which
Raleigh sent over were some of
the greatest minds of that great
age, including ThomasCavendish,
Thomas Hariot, John White, Phil
. ip Amadas, who had been on
the former expedition, and Ralph
Lane. Grenville, high-tempered
always, though brave as a lion,
! burned town Of the Indians and
destroyed their corn crop because
! one of them had stolen a silver
: cup. This act was to bear fruit
which soon brought woe to the
white men. Grenville set a col
! ony on Roanoke Island with Lane
! as Governor and in the late sum-
. mer returned to England. He
F and Lane had had hot disputes
on the outward voyage and Lane
seems to have been aware that
q no good was intended. This col
, ony spent much time in explo-
, ration, and it is remarkable how
? much of the territory of the new
! world it visited. 1t went up into
+ what is now Virginia, near
what is now Norfolk, explored
= the Roanoke river, which the ma
o tives called Moratoke, this indeed
/ being the English name for many
o years. This time the natives
Il were unfriendly and there was
fighting during several of the ex
:. pcditions. The white men hat
r depended upon the natives fol
e food, this being usually hominy
q made from Indian corn; potatoes
q and various other roots, fish anC
r. game. Hunger pressed so close
q that this colony had council OF
W one of it's expeditions, but tn
rs explorers showed their bravery
# by deciding to perservere as lonl
is as half pint of corn was left t
a the man.
ID They lived on any sort of food
. even on the meat of dogs. and al
s. most starved, as they had n
So seed corn, the Indians refusing
,p to furnish it, and also plannin
Cd to starve the English to death b
rt going away and leaving all thei
ch planting grounds on the island G
as Roanoke unsown. The Englis
G. had no skill in catching fish wit
IT'S weirs, which the Indians used t
id a great extent. The Indian
al formed a league against tn
ad whites who were on short con
is mons and who had to watch da
re and night to guard against ma.
or sacre. Governor Lane held as
ye hostage, one of the princes, SIX!
NV co by name, and treated hi
ho most kindly, and this kindnes
ST. bore fruit, for he betrayed tn
to Indian plot to massacre ever
ize settler, the English acting il
bv stantly, notifying their would
# murderers that they desired
.ge grand council on the mainlan'
o. going there we'll armed and pu
in ting the then king and the chi
M conspirators to death. The col
SITS nists then seized a good supp
err of corn and planted enough
of last them two years, but suddel
ol- ly Sir Francis Drake appeart
me with a great fleet of % vessel
,ut offering to give the Englishme
food, ammunition, clothing al
, boats, and men for the latte
V This generous offer was accept
eX- but great storm scattered t
es' fleet and everything becan
ar gloomy in the extreme. Sir Ric
IN ard Grenville had promised
ke' come over but there was no 81!
naa' of him and so the colonists,
pie the lowest spirits, decided to
eX7 home with Drake. There h
ana been 1O8 of them but over dc
ana en- had been killed or died. TT
Ine was the sad end of the first {
2. tual English settlement in WI
FRS, is now the territory of the Un
lea ed States. Directly after La
IWo had left Roanoke a ship viii
DO Raleigh had fitted out and pl
be vided with all necessaries arr
east ed there and looked for the CO
has nists but found them not a