USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Arriving at the site of the 1587 settlement, White found “CRO” carved into a tree and “CROATOAN” carved into a palisade. There were no signs of a struggle or of the colonists leaving in haste.

Detailed explanation-2: -John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returns from a supply-trip to England to find the settlement deserted. White and his men found no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and there was no sign of violence.

Detailed explanation-3: -The letters “CRO” carved on a tree and the word “CROATOAN” carved on a palisade entrance post were the only signs of evidence John White found of the lost Roanoke Island colonists from 1587. This is how the story of the Lost Colony ends, but where did it all begin?

Detailed explanation-4: -On August 18, 1590, Englishman John White returned to Roanoke Island to resupply the colony established on the island in 1587. White found the settlement abandoned. A single word “CROATOAN” was carved on a post in the fort.

Detailed explanation-5: -John White, the leader of the colony, went to England to get more supplies. When he returned in 1590, the settlement was deserted. All the settlers had mysteriously disappeared. The only clue he found was the word “Croatoan” carved in a tree.