The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-07

same iifle, also, pieces of CHI
IA were seen which could have been
pleeed together to make a plate or
saucer, but these pieces were not
TAKEN The bankers, though they
watch these "kitchins" closely and
earch In them after hard blows, are
interested only in the possibility and
belief hat they will find money. In
this instance, the shift Of wind swept
the sand back again and covered the
emma many feet deep. Further inves-
tigation revealed evidences of a
mighty forest conflagration at some
long past time all along the eastern
range OF sand hills as far south as
remains are Individually a second or
later growth, which was killed out
py belng sanded up and which is now
decaying.
Other Evidence.
Late in the summer l made another
trip to h first discovered Kitchen
and found a very small piece of china
which was evidently from the bottom
or a plate or saucer, as it had no de-
sign on it and was flat. On the re-
verse side it bore the concluding let
ters Of a trademark or manufacture
ing name WOOD. The piece was
broken short off at the beginning Of
the w"
= Only a few weeks ago DR.. Hatha-
we NAAA 4AA1o VI ~ - AoA
the most important evidence of the
presence Of the Lost Colony at this
place. He secured a rusty old knife,
dagger, or short sword which had
been taken from the sand at Mays
Head, at the place where the Indian
sembles the old English dagger Of the
period of Edward ", known as an
an1ace. The dagger is in the sheath.
and the handle is gone. On the top
there is a piece Of copper which held
the handle in place. Around the top
of h guard there is a pewter ferule
which was for the same purpose. The
blade is about the width Of four fin
gers n eighteen inches long. It is
much rusted, but not to such a de-
gre that the joining Of the scabbard
cannot be seen.
Later still, DR.. Hathaway writes
me that he has secured an iron spear
or harpoon, about four feet long, and
al exact reproduction Of ar Indian
arrow. The native boy who found
it has had it in his possession about
six years. and is himself but fifteen
or sixteen years old. He couldn't
tell where he found it exactly, but In
Ridge. And SO day by day evidences
of the presence Of white men with
these Indians is being collected.
A Theory From the Facts.
How do these facts fit into an ex-
PLANTATION of the fate of Whites Lost
Colony?
Turn, if you please, to the eighth
page Of Hills Young Peoples His
tory Of North Carolina" You will find
there a reproduction of one of John
Whites pictures. 1t is a wonderfully
accurate maj Of Roanoke Island Maya
as it is today. drawn by John White.
the artist of Lanes colony, and the
Governor Of the Lost Colony. OBJ
serve Trinity Harbor,' and to the
south, "Hatorach." The larger OF
the islands is now Mays Head. What
long been sanded in, however, and is
now marked by one Of the largest
sand-hills on the coast, Kill Devil
Hill. But the presence Of an inlet
there years 6 as marked on the
map, is we'll authenticated from other
sources.
Now, to the southwest Of Trinity
Harbor'' observe further the bay or
creek which makes into the island.
The mouth Of that creek has sanded
in and is now the fresh-pond. You
have to go no further back than the
second generation Of the people VINO
inhabit Mays Head to discove that
the fresh-pond did, in fact, at one
time open into Albemarle Sound.
Just beyond the extreme southern
| point Of this creek as it appears on
the map have been found the mingled
relics Of the Indians and whites.
How came these bits of china, with
English trademarks, buttons, ancient
| English swords and iron harpoons at
this place?
History states that the lost colo
nists'' went to Croatan, but no one
has ever located that place. Some
| things, though, we do know about
Croatan. In the first place it abound
ed in shell fish and commanded a
| view OF the sea, for: Sir Richard
| Grenville had promised to be back
with supplies for Lanes colony be-
fore Easter, but Easter wen by and
the eyes of the settlers ached from
| vainly watching the sea. So scarce
was the food that the small
had to be divided. went went back
to Croatan to live on shell fish and