America first; one hundred stories from our own history . noke. One ship wasfitted out and ready to sail, but the Governmentseized it and sent it off to fight the ship was made ready, and actually sailed,but the Captain turned pirate, and went afterSpanish vessels in the West Indies. It w^as nearlythree years before Governor \Miite found himselfon board his own ship, on his way to the colonistsand to his little granddaughter. We can imagine the feelings of the old Captainas he sailed over the seas, wondering what hadbecome of his friends and family, and how theyhad fared all
America first; one hundred stories from our own history . noke. One ship wasfitted out and ready to sail, but the Governmentseized it and sent it off to fight the ship was made ready, and actually sailed,but the Captain turned pirate, and went afterSpanish vessels in the West Indies. It w^as nearlythree years before Governor \Miite found himselfon board his own ship, on his way to the colonistsand to his little granddaughter. We can imagine the feelings of the old Captainas he sailed over the seas, wondering what hadbecome of his friends and family, and how theyhad fared all this time. They had looked for himto return to them in a few months, and here itwas nearly three years! Land was sighted one day just after dark, anda light glimmered on shore. That must be thehome of one of the colonists, exclaimed the Gov-ernor. Hastily, a boat was lowered and he wasrowed to shore. On landing, his men with himlooked about, called aloud, blew trumpets andfired off their guns, but there was not a sight or asound of any of the On a tree nearby was carved the word Croatan. STORIES OF OUR OWN HISTORY 31 All night they searched, and next day. At lastthey came to a few huts, broken down and longunused; there were also some torn bits of cloth-ing scattered about. No signs could be found ofany colonists having been near in a great a tree near by was carved the word, croatan. Governor Wliite, when he saw this, thought heknew what had become of the colonists, becausehe had told them that if, for any cause, it wasnecessary for them to move away, they shouldcarve on a tree or door-post the name of the placeto which they were going. Croatan was the nameof a tribe of Indians, and the Governor at oncethought his colonists had gone to the island wherethose Indians lived. He tried to reach this island, but storms aroseand blew him off his path. Besides which, hiscrew demanded that he return home. So he setsail for England, leaving the lost colony to itsfat
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