Roanoke Colony
May 8th, 1587, a colony led by John White landed on Roanoke Island from England. They arrived sometime in July 1587. There were some small attacks from Native Americans in the first month. Colonists desperately wanted John White to go back to England and retrieve more supplies from them such as food, weapons and more people. So, on August 25th, 1587, White sailed back to England to retrieve more supplies for them, leaving behind 115 colonists (87 men, 17 women and 11 children, including his daughter). Unfortunately, White's timing was poor. England was on the verge of going to war with Spain which had a particularly strong armada, so he was unable to return for sometime. It wasn't until August 1590, when White would make his way back to the island. To his shock, he found that the entire colony had vanished with a trace. The only clue he found was the word Croatoan carved into a fence post and Crow carved into a tree.
