Evening star., 1939-10-29
10 More Lost COLONY
Stones Discovered
In North Georgia
Indicate Route Taken
From Roanoke Island
By Seven Survivors
BY the Associated Press.

BY Seven Survivors
BY the Associated Press.
GAINESVILLE. Ga, Oct. 28.--A
crudely cat diary in stone, pur-
portedly left by the mother OF
Virginia Dare, led historians to
North Georgia's mountains today to
hunt solution to the mystery of Sir
Walter Raleigh's vanished colony
of Roanoke.
President H. j. Pearce Of Brenau
College and his son, DR.. H. j.
Pearce, jr., Emory University pro-
fessor of history, disclosed discovery
of 10 new stones bearing on the
lost colony, bringing to "A the total
number found in three States since
September, 1887.
II authentic, the historians said
the newly discovered stones indicate
that seven survivors of the colony
including Eleanor Dare, young
daughter of the colonys governor
John White. migrated from a pre-
vious site near the Saluda River In
Greenville County. S. c., where IL
other stones were found, to the
Chattahoochee River in North
Georgia, where they lived at least
two years. The last stones bear
dates of 1891, 1892 and 1898.
The Saluda River stones. which
indicated burial of 81 persons slain
by Indians, mentioned intention of
the surviving colonists to proceed
southwestward. The point on the
Chattahoochee Is IS miles in an air.
plane southwest of the South Caro-
lima site, and 18 miles from Gaines
vile.
Similar 10 Saluda Stones,
The Chattahoochee stones. like
those on the Saluda, are soapstone
and granite, with lettering, SPELL
ing and idiom conforming to Eliza
bethan times.
Each stone is signed by Eleanor
Dare. whose daughter Virginia was
the flrst white child born in Amer
lea. On one she instructs her father
TO Locke dae backe trale" for
buried colonists. This, the histor-
ians estimate, would have been
about the site of the Saluda River
stones.
On another stone. Eleanor in
structs her father to show mercy
to the savages West of hill where
Ananias cher husband) and Vir-
ginia slayne.' But she tells him on
another that Thee accurse salvage
ease 'east Of the hill they hab
slayne al save seaven," and asks
her father for revenge. Virginia
apparently was four years old at
the time of the massacre.
Historical records show existence
OF Cherokee village on the west
and Sioux village on the east of
the Greenville County site.
Found Stockade Deserted,
Another stone, bearing date of
1881, tells her father that Dave
by daye some amag us endeavoure
to reconnoittre for signs of YOU"
indicating that after four years,
and now more than 400 miles from
Roanoke Island, Eleanor and six
other colonists still looked vainly
FOR sign Of White, who had sailed
to England for supplies.
White left Roanoke August q
1887, and it was not until August
Is, 1890, that he was able to return
He found only deserted stockaoe
with the word "Croatoan' cut on
the doorway.
No other trace of the lost xroup
ever was found until 1887, when a
tourist discovered a granite slab in
North Carolina purporting to be q
message from Eleanor to her father
saying savages had slain all but
seven.
Perhaps the most poignant mes
sage of the group on the Chatta-
hoochee. DR.. Pearce said. is dated
1892 and reads: Father 1t mas bene
5 yeeres sithence tsince) yov hat
departe male God brynge yov hith-
er."
The historians attached import.
ance to use of the word "sithence,'
which DR.. Pearce said weighed
against possibility of a hoax.
Even among the most educated
college graduates he said, mine
out of ten do not know the mean-
ing OF that word, which died after
the Eliza bethan era
Speculates on Fate.
What eventually happened to the
survivors still remains a mystery
DR.. Pearce said.
They may have merged with the
Cherokees when hope died and they
became reconciled to their fate
There may be more stones up that
river. We don't know. But the a
we do have seems to carry the story
six years further than has ever been
known before"
Both historians drew attention
that the only proof we have rha,
the stones were found in the local.
ties named is the unsupported word
OF the three persons making the
finds. We hope to secure further
evidence"
The first stone was found two
years ago in North Carolina by a
California tourist. Last March q
second was discovered by a hunter
in Hall County, not far from Gaines
vile. Thirteen were turned up ac-
two months later in
Greenville County, s. c., by an
Atlanta rock contractor.