"It's funny that people still pretend that the colonists carved a mysterious word on a tree — 'Croatoan' — and no one knows ...

The lost colonists of Roanoke left behind a clue about their fate, the word 'Croatoan' carved into a tree. Who were the Croatans? What were their lives like? How can we see this whole story ...

Design Pics Editorial//Getty Images 1845 illustration depicting colonist John White discovering the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590 Scott ...

John White depicted finding a tree carved with ‘Croatoan’. Picture ... was the name of another island situated just south of Roanoke, as well as the name of a Native American tribe that ...

An illustration depicting John White and others finding a tree carved with the words “Croatoan” on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1590. Getty Images Their whereabouts baffled historians ...

1540 - c1593) and others as they find a tree into which the word "CROATOAN" had been carved on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1590. Stock image: Illustration depicts John White (c. 1540 ...

the name Roanoke Island itself has always been steeped in mystery. The colonists vanished without a trace, leaving behind only the word “CROATOAN” carved into a tree. Today, visitors can ...

It's a mystery that has intrigued Americans for centuries: What happened to the lost colonists of North Carolina's Roanoke ... "Croatoan" carved into a fort's gatepost and "Cro" etched into a tree.

Appointed governor of the fledgling Roanoke colony by ... the word “Croatoan” carved on a prominent post and “Cro” etched into a tree. Ever since, explorers, historians, archaeologists ...

The story of the “lost colony” of Roanoke is well known today ... The only evidence they found was the words “CROATOAN” and “CRO” carved into a tree at the colony’s border, which ...