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A Kingdom Strange

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by James Horn


  28 Strachey, Virginia Britania, 34; Alvord and Bidgood, First Explorations, 122-123, 125, 128; and Alan Vance Briceland, Westward from Virginia: The Exploration of the Virginia-Carolina Frontier, 1650-1710 (Charlottesville, VA, 1987), 28-91. Briceland argues that Bland was sent to the region by Governor William Berkeley to look for an English man and woman who were thought to be survivors of the lost colony living with the Tuscaroras. Bland is explicit that “Hocomawananck,” which I interpret as a garbled version of Ocanahonan, was near the falls of the Roanoke River. Lee Miller mistakes Hocomawananck for Occaneechee Island. Roanoke, 259.

  29 Parramore, “The ‘Lost Colony’ Found,” 79; and Strachey, Virginia Britania , 106-107.

  30 Barbour, Complete Works, 1: 257; Edmund S. Morgan, American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia (New York, 1975), 108-123; and Horn, A Land As God Made It, 157-223, 232-234, 246-247, 280. John Pory, a former secretary to the colony, explored the Chowan River in February 1622. Like Sicklemore, he discovered a fertile country of pines and abundant silk grass but made no reference to the lost colonists. William S. Powell, John Pory, 1572-1636: The Life and Letters of a Man of Many Parts (Chapel Hill, NC, 1977), 101. Hopes of discovering mines in the mountains or a passage to the South Sea would reemerge from time to time, in 1626, in the 1640s, in the early 1650s, and in the 1670s.

  31 Bemiss, Three Charters, 60. Newport reported in May-June 1607 sighting at “Port Cottage” (Poor Cottage) on the James River “a Savage Boy about the age of ten years, which had a head of hair of perfect yellow and a reasonable white skin, which is a Miracle amongst all Savages.” Barbour, Jamestown Voyages , 1: 140. Bland found “many of the people” above the falls of the Roanoke River “to have beards” (suggestive of mixed European-Indian ancestry). Alvord and Bidgood, First Explorations,126-127. The towns of “machomonchocock,” “aumocawpunt,” “rawcotock” between the Roanoke and Tar Rivers are as yet unidentified, although it is possible “machomonchocock” was near the copper mines on the Tar River, marked on Edward Moseley’s map of 1733. See Cumming, Southeast in Early Maps, Plate 51, map 218. The tragic history of the Indian peoples of Ossomocomuck during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is briefly summarized in Michael Leroy Oberg, The Head in Edward Nugent’s Hand: Roanoke’s Forgotten Indians (Philadelphia, 2008), 146-152, 157- 160. See also Douglas L. Rights, The American Indian in North Carolina (Winston-Salem, NC, 1957).

  Epilogue: Ralegh’s Ship

  1 John Lawson, A New Voyage to Carolina, ed. Hugh Talmage Lefler, (Chapel Hill, NC, 1967), xi-xxxi, 7-69. In 1654 Francis Yeardley of Virginia reported that a small expedition had visited Roanoke Island the year before and seen “the ruins of Sir Walter Ralegh’s fort.” Alexander S. Salley Jr., ed., Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650-1708 (New York, 1911), 23-29; William P. Cumming, “Naming Carolina,” North Carolina Historical Review 22 (1945): 34-42.

  Illustration Credits

  1.1. Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s map from A Discourse of a Discoverie for a New Passage to Cataia (1576). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

  1.2. Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1570. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  1.3. Sir Walter Ralegh, c. 1590. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  1.4. Durham House. Detail from John Norden, Speculum Britanniae (1593). Courtesy of the Henry E. Huntington Library.

  1.5. Jacques Le Moyne, Map of Florida, c. 1565. Engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1591. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  2.1. John White, The Arrival of the English, 1585-1586. Engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1590. Courtesy of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  2.2. Indian Peoples of Ossomocomuck and Surrounding Regions. Drawn by Rebecca L. Wrenn.

  2.3. John White, Indians Fishing, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  2.4. John White, One of the Wives of Wingina, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  2.5. Sir Richard Grenville, 1571. National Portrait Gallery, London.

  2.6. John White, A map of that part of America, now called Virginia, 1585-1586. Engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1590. Courtesy of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  2.7. John White, Pomeiooc, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  2.8. John White, Secotan, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  2.9. John White, Indians Dancing, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  2.10. John White, Mosquetal and Cape Rojo, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  3.1. John White, Land Crab, Pineapple, Flamingo, Flying Fish, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  3.2. Explorations of 1585-1586. Drawn by Rebecca L. Wrenn.

  3.3. John White, A map of that part of America, now called Virginia, 1585-1586, Detail. Engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1590. Courtesy of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  3.4. John White, Wingina, 1585. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  3.5. Indians Panning for Gold in a Mountain Stream. Engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1590. Courtesy of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  3.6. John White, Roanoke, 1586. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  3.7. John White, Map of the East Coast of America, 1586. Copyright. The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

  4.1. Detail from the Copperplate Map of London, ca. 1559. Courtesy of the Guildhall Library, City of London.

  4.2. Claes Visscher, detail from a panoramic view of London, showing London Bridge, 1616. Courtesy of the Guildhall Library, City of London.

  4.3. Coat of arms of the City of Ralegh and those of John White. Copy post-1660. Courtesy of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the Queen’s College, Oxford.

  4.4. Places of Origin of Some Settlers from London, 1587. Drawing by Rebecca L. Wrenn.

  5.1. The Spanish Armada off the South Coast of England, 1590. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum.

  6.1. John Smith, Map of Virginia, engraved by William Hole, 1612. Courtesy of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  6.2. John Smith’s sketch map of 1608 (Zuñiga Map). Courtesy of the Archivo General de Simancas Ministerio de Cultura, Spain.

  6.3. Detail from John Smith’s sketch map of 1608 (Zuñiga Map). Drawn by Rebecca L. Wrenn.

  6.4. John White, detail from A map of that part of America, now called Virginia , 1585-1586. Engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1590. Courtesy of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  6.5. Locations of Lost Colonists, 1608. Drawn by Rebecca L. Wrenn.

  Acknowledgments

  This has been a wonderful book to write. Throughout, I have enjoyed the support of the First Colony Foundation, a not-for-profit group of historians, archaeologists, and enthusiasts dedicated to research related to Sir Walter Ralegh’s colonies on Roanoke Island, 1585-1587. The foundation awarded me a grant in 2009 to undertake work in London on the English origins of the lost colonists, for which I am most grateful. I have benefited enormously from conversations with Phil Evans, Alastair Macdonald, lebame houston, William S. Powell, and archaeologists Nick Luccketti, Eric Klingelhofer, Carter Hudgins (senior and junior), Clay Swindell, and Ivor Noel Hume. Phil Evans has been especially generous in sharing his knowledge of Roanoke Island and the surrounding region and ideas about the lost colony.

  I am grateful also for the advice and wisdom of Don Lamm, who encouraged me to pursue the project. Early versions of the argument were presented at graduate seminars at New York University, North-western University, and the University of Maryland, College Park. I would like to record my thanks to the participants
for their thoughtful comments.

  I would like to thank the staffs of the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, the Swem Library at the College of William and Mary, the British Library, the Outer Banks History Center, the National Park Service at Fort Raleigh, the Institute of Historical Research, the Guildhall Library, the London Metropolitan Archives, and the City of Westminster Archives Centre for their assistance. The National Park Service at Fort Raleigh was extremely accommodating in allowing me to examine Milagros Flores’s recent research materials, copied from original sources in Spanish archives.

  At the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, I am most grateful to Colin Campbell for his encouragement and interest. Marianne Martin at the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library assisted with tracking down illustrations and organizing permissions. Susan Shames’s expert understanding of genealogical materials was invaluable and saved me from many errors in trying to unravel the origins of the lost colonists. Rebecca L. Wrenn drew the maps, and Kirsten Kellogg kindly gave up spare time to help with some of the Spanish translations. I would also like to thank Joan and George Morrow for many delightful conversations.

  Lara Heimert, Editorial Director at Basic Books, has been a superb editor, and I owe her a great debt of thanks. I am grateful also to Bran-don Proia, Renee Caputo, Sharon DeJohn, and other staff at Basic who have brought the book to completion.

  My family has been a constant source of support throughout the research and writing. I could not possibly have completed the work without their forbearance and patience during the years I have spent pondering the fate of the lost colonists. I thank them with all my heart. The book is dedicated to my wife, Sally, and my children, Ben and Liz, with much love.

  Index

  Ahone (Indian deity)

  Albemarle Sound

  Amadas’ expedition to

  description

  maps(fig.)(fig.)

  first Roanoke expedition (1584)

  Algonquian language

  Hariot and

  Algonquian peoples, North Carolina

  fishing(fig.)

  food of

  language

  population/settlements (fig.)(fig.)

  religious beliefs/rituals (fig.)

  society

  waterways importance(fig.)

  See also Indian peoples of Ossomocomuck; specific groups

  Alvarez, Don Fernando

  Amadas, Philip

  background

  description

  Ralegh and

  Amadas, Philip/first Roanoke expedition (1584)

  claiming/exploring land

  Indian peoples and

  position

  skirmish with Indian peoples

  Amadas, Philip/Roanoke Colony (1585-1586)

  Aquascocock attack

  Chesapeake Bay expedition (1585-1586)(fig.) (fig.)

  Pemisapan and

  role/activities

  Anglican Church. See Church of England

  Anjou, Duke of

  Appalachian Mountains

  mineral wealth and (fig.)

  passage to Pacific and

  Aquascocock attack

  Archard, Arnold/Joyce

  Archer, Gabriel

  Ark Ralegh/Royal (ship)(fig.)

  Arrival of the English, The (White) (fig.)

  Arundell, John

  Babbington, Anthony

  Bailie, Roger

  Bark Bonner (ship)

  Bark Ralegh (ship)

  Barlowe, Arthur

  background

  Ralegh and

  Roanoke expedition (1585)

  Barlowe, Arthur/first Roanoke expedition (1584)

  claiming/exploring land

  Indian peoples and

  Outer Banks description

  position

  reports

  Basanier, Martin

  Beale, Valentine

  Berrio, Antonio de

  Berrye, Henry/Richard

  Blackfriars Theater, London

  Bland, Edward

  Brave (ship)

  Burghley, Lord

  Burgoignon, Nicholas

  Butler, Richard

  Cabot, Sebastian

  Cage, Anthony

  Cage, John

  Calais

  Camden, William

  Cape Rojo camp, Puerto Rico (fig.)

  Cape Rojo (White)(fig.)

  Carey, George

  Carleill, Christopher

  Carroll, Dennis

  Catawbas

  Catholicism

  in England

  King Philip II and

  Cavendish, Thomas/Roanoke expedition (1585)

  role

  voyage

  Champernoun, Katherine

  Chandler, John

  Chapman, Alice

  Chapman, John

  Chapman, Robert

  Charlesfort

  “Chaunis Temoatan”

  colonists and

  Roanoke River and (fig.)

  Tuscaroras and(fig.)

  Chesapeake Bay expedition (1585-1586)(fig.) (fig.)

  Chesapeake Bay expedition (1606-1607)

  colonists duties

  colonists exploration

  mineral wealth and

  passage to Pacific and

  warnings to colonists

  See also Jamestown Colony; Virginia Company of London; specific individuals

  Chesapeakes

  lands of(fig.)

  Skicóak (capital)(fig.)

  Chesepiooc(fig.)

  Chevan, John/Thomas

  Chowan River

  description/explorations

  lost colonists (fig.)

  Chowanocs

  description

  English relations with

  Iroquoian peoples and

  lands of(fig.)(fig.)

  Powhatans and

  lost colonists and

  Tuscaroras and

  Weapemeocs and

  See also Menatonon, Chowanoc chief

  Church of England

  Manteo

  North American colonies

  Protestant Reformation

  Puritans and

  City of Ralegh/syndicate (fig.)

  Clark, John

  Cocke, Abraham

  as privateer

  return to England

  White/return to Roanoke Island (1590)

  Cooper, Christopher

  Cooper, Thomasine

  Cope, Sir Walter

  Coree peoples

  Cornieles, Alonzo

  Cosmographia Universalis (Münster)

  Croatoans

  English relations

  Lane’s men and

  Manteo and

  colonists attack on

  lost colonists and (fig.)

  Currituck Sound

  Dare, Ananias

  recruitment of settlers

  Roanoke Colony (1587)

  ruling group

  White and

  Dare, Eleanor

  birth of daughter

  husband/father

  pregnancy

  recruitment of settlers

  Roanoke Colony (1587)

  Dare, John/Thomasine

  Dare, Virginia

  Dasemunkepeuc

  Manteo and

  Secotans

  White’s return (1590) and

  Dee, John

  Delight (ship)

  “Discourse on Western Planting” (Hakluyt the younger)

  Discovery (ship)

  Disease

  Drake’s men (1585-1586)

  Gilbert’s expeditions and

  Indians and European diseases

  Jamestown Colony

  first Roanoke expedition (1584)

  Dorothy (ship)

  Douglas, James (Earl of Morton)

  Drake, Bernard

  Drake, Francis

  New World colonies

  plans action against Spain

  raids on New Spain

  return to England (1586)
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  Roanoke colonists (1585-1586) and

  San Juan de Ulúa attack

  Spanish information and

  St. Augustine destruction

  war against Spain/aftermath

  west coasts of North/South America

  Drakes of Plymouth

  Drayton, Michael

  Dudley, Robert (Earl of Leicester)

  Durham House, London

  Manteo/Wanchese at

  map showing(fig.)

  Ralegh and(fig.)

  view from

  Edward I, King (England)

  Edward VI, King (England)

  El Dorado

  Elizabeth, Queen (England)

  assassination plots/consequences

  beginning of reign

  celebration of reign/victory over Spain

  death

  execution of Mary Queen of Scots and

  marriage and

  Protestantism and

  Robert Dudley and

  Sir Humphrey Gilbert and

  west coasts of North/South America

  See also England; Ralegh, Walter/ Queen Elizabeth relationship

 

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