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A Kingdom Strange

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by James Horn


  Indian life

  Indian peoples information on

  Indian rivalries and

  inland move

  Jamestown colonists searching for

  John Smith’s map(fig.) (fig.)

  Machumps information on

  main groups locations summary (fig.)

  maps of locations(fig.) (fig.)

  Metackwem(fig.)

  Ocanahonan location (fig.)

  Pakerakanick location (fig.)

  Panawicke location (fig.)

  Powhatans killing

  Ralegh/relief expeditions and

  Ritanoe copper mines/Eyanoco (fig.)

  Roanoke River(fig.)

  signaling to White

  Smith’s information on (fig.)

  story reconstruction

  story told by Croatoans (1700s)

  Tandaquomuc(fig.)

  Roanoke Colony (1587)/plans

  as City of Ralegh

  Indians conversion to Protestantism

  land grants for settlers

  Ralegh’s coat of arms (fig.)

  government/ruling group (fig.)

  support for

  voyage

  voyage preparations

  See also Ralegh, Walter/1587 expedition; White, John

  Roanoke Colony (1587)/settlers

  deserters

  overview/origins (fig.)

  preparations of

  Puritanism and

  recruitment

  at St. Croix

  disembark on Roanoke Island

  voyage

  voyage meals/discomforts

  See also White, John/relief expedition (1588)

  Roanoke Island

  description

  as possible site

  first Roanoke expedition (1584)

  See also Ralegh, Walter/Roanoke Colony (1585-1586)

  Roanoke River

  description

  exploration of

  passage to Pacific and

  Roanoke Colony (1587) lost colonists(fig.)

  See also “Chaunis Temoatan”; Ocanahonan location

  Roe (ship)

  Roebuck (ship)

  Royal Exchange, London

  Sampson, John

  San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico

  Sanderson, William

  Santa Cruz, Marquis of

  Santa Maria de San Vicente (ship)

  Santees

  Saponis

  Sarmiento, Don Pedro

  Scotland as threat to England

  Sea Venture

  Secotan (town)(fig.)

  Secotan (White)(fig.)

  Secotans

  chief of

  Dasemunkepeuc and

  Iroquoian peoples and

  killing of Howe and

  lands of(fig.)(fig.)

  Lane’s attack on

  Pamlicos and

  Weapemeocs and

  White’s attack on

  See also Pemisapan; Wingina, Secotan chief; Wanchese

  Serpent (ship)

  Shakespeare, William

  Sicklemore, Michael

  Sidney, Sir Philip

  Skicóak(fig.)

  Skiko

  Skinner, Ralph

  Slave Trade

  Smith, John

  explorations

  Indian peoples/information

  Jamestown Colony

  lost colonists information (fig.)

  maps of Virginia(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)

  passage to Pacific and

  personality

  search for lost colonists

  Smith, Richard

  Smythe, Sir Thomas

  Smythe, Thomas “Customer,”

  Spain

  France and

  hostilities with England (1580s)

  peace treaty with England

  search for English colony

  See also England/war against Spain; Philip II, King (Spain); specific individuals

  Spain/New World

  attack on Fort Caroline

  Bahama Channel

  Catholic religion

  claims basis

  possessions

  privateering

  San Juan de Ulúa attack and

  search for English colony

  slave trade

  wealth and

  See also specific possessions

  Spanish Armada

  defeat of

  repairs on

  war against England (fig.)

  Spicer, Edward

  death

  return to England

  return to Roanoke Island (1590)

  Roanoke Colony (1587)

  voyage (1587)

  Squirrel (ship)

  St. Augustine (Florida), destruction

  Stafford, Edward

  1587 expedition

  Indian relations

  mistaken attack on Croatoans

  plans to move from Roanoke (1587)

  Roanoke Colony (1585-1586)

  reports to Ralegh

  Stevens, Thomas

  Stile, John

  Strachey, William

  background

  Machumps information

  on Virginia

  Susan Constant (ship)

  Swallow (ship)

  Tackonekintaco, Warraskoyack chief

  Talbot, Henry

  Tandaquomuc(fig.)

  Tappan, Thomas/Audrey

  Throckmorton, Elizabeth (Bess)

  Throckmorton, Sir Arthur

  Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas

  Tiger (ship)(fig.) (fig.)

  Timucuan Indians, Florida

  Tobacco cultivation, Virginia

  Todkill, Anas

  Towaye

  True and Sincere Declaration, A (Virginia Company)

  Tuscaroras (“Mangoaks/Mangoags”)

  attack on Lane’s men

  “Chaunis Temoatan,” 95-97, 96(fig.)

  Chowanocs and

  description

  English name for

  lands of(fig.) (fig.)

  Pemisapan’s plot and

  Powhatans and

  regional rivalries

  See also Iroquoian peoples; Ocanahonan; Pakerakanick; Panawicke

  Viccars, Ambrose/Elizabeth/son

  Virgin God Save Her (ship)

  Virginia Company of London

  expansion of colonial territory/settlements

  lost colonists and

  making colony profitable

  North American area/rights

  Powhatans conflict and

  restructuring of

  Smith’s maps/information (fig.)(fig.)

  True and Sincere Declaration, A on colony

  See also Chesapeake Bay expedition (1606-1607); Jamestown Colony; Smith, John

  Virginia/Florida map (Le Moyne) (fig.)(fig.)

  Von Wedel, Leopold

  Wahunsonacock, Powhatan chief

  English settlements and

  John Smith

  Namontack/Machumps

  power/influence of

  regional rivalries

  “slaughter at Roanoke”

  Virginia Company plans

  Walsingham, Sir Francis

  Fernandes and

  New World colonies

  position of

  Queen Elizabeth assassination attempts and

  Ralegh and

  strategy against Spain

  Wanchese

  England and

  as information source

  Roanoke expedition

  Secotans and

  views on English

  Warraskoyacks

  Watts, John

  Waxhaws

  Weapemeocs

  chief

  Chowanocs and

  English killings/captives

  lands of(fig.)(fig.)

  Secotans and

  West, Sir Thomas

  West Indies. See Spain/West Indies

  Westminster Hall, London

  White, John

  1577 Atlantic voyage<
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  as artist

  background(fig.)

  in Ireland

  London life and(fig.)

  Painters and Stainers Company

  Ralegh/early colonization plans

  wedding

  See also specific paintings; Eleanor Dare

  White, John/expedition 1587

  change in plans

  coat of arms(fig.)

  conflict with Fernandes

  recruitment of settlers

  selection as leader

  support for

  voyage

  voyage preparations/plan

  White, John/first Roanoke expedition (1584)

  Arrival of the English, The(fig.)

  Indians Fishing(fig.)

  One of the Wives of Wingina (fig.)

  return to England

  role

  White, John/relief expedition (1588)

  attack by French pirates

  organizing for

  Ralegh and

  stay of English shipping and

  White, John/return to Roanoke (1590)

  return to England

  search for settlers

  White, John/Roanoke Colony (1587)

  Indians conversion to Christianity

  mistaken attack on Croatoans

  plans before leaving

  relocating settlers

  reporting to Ralegh

  return to England

  return to England decision

  White, John/Roanoke expedition (1585)

  Cape Rojo(fig.)

  Indians Dancing(fig.)

  Land Crab, Pineapple, Flamingo, Flying Fish(fig.)

  Map of that part of America, A, now called Virginia(fig.)(fig.) (fig.)

  Mosquetal(fig.)

  Pomeiooc(fig.)

  Roanoke maps(fig.) (fig.)

  role/reports(fig.)

  Secotan town(fig.)

  Wingina(fig.)

  Whitehall, London(fig.)

  Whitgift, John, Archbishop of Canterbury

  William of Orange

  Winganuske

  Wingina, Secotan chief

  decision against English

  early English relations

  English food supplies

  murder of

  “Pemisapan” name

  plots against English

  residence

  war against Pamlicos

  White’s painting of (fig.)

  wives of(fig.)

  See also Pemisapan

  Withers, William

  Wococon Island/inlet

  Wotton, Lewes

  Wowinchopunck, chief of Paspaheghs

  Wyles, John/William

  Wythers, William

  Copyright © 2010 by James Horn

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Horn, James P. P.

  A kingdom strange : the brief and tragic history of the lost colony of Roanoke / James Horn.

  p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  eISBN : 978-0-465-02115-4

  1. Roanoke Colony. 2. Roanoke Island (N.C.)—History. I. Title.

  F229.H79 2010

  975.6’175--dc22

  2010000563

 

 

 


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