. History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent. ndo, the navalofficer, eager to renew a profitable traffic in the WestIndies, refused his assistance in exploring the coast,and White was compelled to remain on fort of Governor Lane, with sundry decentdwelling-houses, had been built at the northern ex-tremity of the island ; it was there that the foundations23. of the city of Raleigh were laid. The Island of Roan-oke is now almost uninhabited ; commerce has selectedsecurer harbors for its pursuits; the intrepid pilot andthe hardy wrecker, rendered adventu
. History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent. ndo, the navalofficer, eager to renew a profitable traffic in the WestIndies, refused his assistance in exploring the coast,and White was compelled to remain on fort of Governor Lane, with sundry decentdwelling-houses, had been built at the northern ex-tremity of the island ; it was there that the foundations23. of the city of Raleigh were laid. The Island of Roan-oke is now almost uninhabited ; commerce has selectedsecurer harbors for its pursuits; the intrepid pilot andthe hardy wrecker, rendered adventurously daringby their familiarity with the dangers of the coast, andin their natures wild as the storms to which their skillbids defiance, unconscious of the associations by whichthey are surrounded, are the only tenants of the spotwhere the inquisitive stranger may yet discern the ruinsof the fort, round which the cottages of the new settle-ment were erected. July But disasters thickened. A tribe of savaees dis-ss . played implacable jealousy, and murdered one of the i. ; J of- liOAi^^onxE. MANTEO RECEIVES BAPTISM. 105 assistants. The mother and the kindred of Manteo chapwelcomed the English to the Island of Croatan; and ^-^a mutual friendship was continued. But even this 1587alliance was not unclouded. A detachment of theEnglish, discovering a company of the natives whomthey esteemed their enemies, fell upon them by night,as the harmless men were sitting fearlessly by theirfires; and the havoc was begun, before it was per-ceived that these were friendly Indians. The vanities of life were not forgotten in the New ; and Manteo, the faithful Indian chief, bythe commandment of Sir Walter Raleigh, receivedChristian baptism, and was invested with the rank of afeudal baron, as the Lord of Roanoke. It was the firstpeerage erected by the English in America, and re-mained a solitary dignity, till Locke and Shaftesburysuggested the establishment of palatinates in Carolina,and M
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