The White Doe: The Fate of Virginia Dare : an Indian LegendIncludes brief history and photograph of Scuppernong (a variety of muscadine grape) vineyards on Roanoak Island, North Carolina. |
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Amadas and Barlowe Appendix babe baptism boat boldly brave called Virginia charm Chi-co Christian coast colonists colony Cro-a-to-ans Cross-Sign danger death deeds doom England English expeditions explorers eyes faith fear fire fled forest friendly Governor grapes grew heart hope human hunters Indian island of Roanoak juice knew land Land-of-Wind-and-Water legend lingered magic arrow magic spring magic water Man-te-o Manteo mist mother mussel-pearls mysteries nation North America North Carolina NOTE O-kis-ko Pale-Face maiden Pamlico Sound papoose pearls Pocahontas purple Ralph Lane red deer returned roamed Roanoak Island rude savages seek sent shark's tooth ships ships with wings shoot with leaflets shore silence silver arrow Sir Walter Raleigh skin sought soul Spain Spanish Armada spirit strange sunlight sweet tiny shoot tradition tree tribes unto valor Vineyard Virginia Dare Wan-ches-e We-nau-don Weroance white deer White Doe Wi-no-na wigwam Win-gin-a winged witch-hazel word Croatoan
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Page 86 - And having well considered of this, we passed toward the place where they were left in sundry houses, but we found the houses taken down and the place very strongly enclosed with a high palisado of great trees, with curtains and flankers very fort-like.
Page 81 - The second of July we found shoal water, where we smelt so sweet and so strong a smell, as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden...
Page 81 - Which being performed, according to the ceremonies used in such enterprises, we viewed the land about us, being, whereas we first landed, very sandie and low towards the waters side, but so full of grapes, as the very beating and surge of the sea overflowed them...
Page 83 - ... themselves. The other Englishman, perceiving this, fled to his company, whom the savages pursued with their bows and arrows so fast, that the Englishmen were forced to take the house, wherein all their victuals and weapons were ; but the savages forthwith set the same on fire, by means whereof our men were forced to take up such weapons as came first to hand, and without order to run forth among the savages, with whom they skirmished above an hour. In this skirmish, another of our men was shot...
Page 87 - I greatly joyed that I had safely found a certain token of their safe being at Croatoan, which is the place where Manteo was born, and the savages of the island our friends.
Page 83 - Englishmen, calling to them by friendly signs, that but two of their chiefest men should come unarmed to speak with those two savages, who seemed also to be unarmed. Wherefore, two of the chiefest of our Englishmen went gladly to them ; but while one of those savages traiterously embraced one of our men, the other with his sword of wood, which he had secretly hidden under his mantle, struck him on the head, and slew him, and presently the other eight and twenty savages shewed themselves.
Page 86 - Anno 1587 I willed them, that if they should happen to be distressed in any of those places, that then they should carve over the letters or name, a Cross in this form, but we found no such sign of distress.
Page 84 - The place where they fought was of great advantage to the savages, by means of the thick trees, behind which the savages through their nimbleness, defended themselves, and so offended our men with their arrows, that our men, 'being some of them hurt, retired, fighting to the water side where their boat lay, with which they fled towards Hatorask. By that time they had...
Page 86 - Salvages feet of 2 or 3 sorts troaden the night, and as we entred up the sandy banke upon a tree, in the very browe thereof were curiously carved these faire Romane letters CRO: which letters presently we knew to signifie the place, where I should find the planters seated, according to a secret token agreed upon betweene them and me at my last departure from them...
Page 84 - Elenor, daughter to the Governour, and wife to Ananias Dare one of the Assistants, was delivered of a daughter in Roanoak, and the same was christened there the Sonday following, and because this child was the first Christian borne in Virginia, shee was named Virginia.