Captain John Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony, heard from the Indians that men wearing European clothes were living on the Carolina mainland west of Roanoke and Croatoan Islands.

The Croatoans were a purportedly friendly tribe that lived on what’s now known ... could confidently connect the settlers of Roanoke with Hatteras Island. Before this investigation, Dawson ...

When he returned to Roanoke in 1590, he found the settlement ... post — the name of a nearby island and a Native American tribe. For over four centuries, many theories about the colonists ...