Excerpt from Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony: Historical Sketch of the Attempts Made by Sir Walter Raleigh to Establish a Colony in Virginia, With Traditions of an Indian Tribe in North Carolina, Indicating the Fate of the Colony of Englishmen Left on Roanoke Island in 1587<br><br>In the pages of this book the author presents the view that the Indians inhabiting Robeson County in North Caro lina and counties adjoining, known as Croatans, are the descendants of the English Colony left by Governor White on Roanoke Island in 1587.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.