John White Epilogue

“Croatoan” was carved into a tree.John white told the colonists before he left for England

After supplies were running low, John White went back to England to gain some supplies, but his trip back to Roanoke was delayed due to the naval war between England and Spain and the need for every available ship to fight the war. Finally in 1590, John White and his group of men were given a boat to go back to the New World so he could bring supplies to his colony that he left behind. When they arrived, they had found that the colony had been deserted and there was no sign of life. As they first searched the island, all they found were the initials CRO carved into a tree. Deeper inland, White and his crew searched the island but all they found there was all of White’s goods all over the place and a mystery word carved into a place: CROATOAN. After discovering this, John White had remembered about the secret code he had made with the colonists and he told them to write any clues or hints to as where they were going to do or go. The next day, White and his men were off to Croatoan Island in search of the colonists but when they arrived they had found nobody of the ones who stayed behind, even White’s

John White wrote about his return to the missing Roanoke colony; White talks about the colonists’ previous plan to migrate elsewhere if conditions became too unbearable. In an excerpt from "The fift voyage of Master John White into the West Indies and parts of America called Virginia, in the yeere 1590" John White states, “…for at my comming away they were prepared to remove from Roanoak 50 miles to the maine. Therefore at my departure from them in 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..”. Consequently, in the same excerpt White points out that there was no sign of distress, only a tree with the carving of the word CROTOAN. John White also records finding chests scavenged over by savages; “At our returne from the Creeke, some of our Saylers meeting us, tolde us that they had found where divers chests had bene hidden, and long sithence digged up againe and broken up, and much of the goods in them spoyled and scattered about, but nothing left, of such things as the Savages knew any use of, undefaced.” Comparatively, these events point at one outcome: The colonists left the island to pursue materials needed for survival, unable to take with them invaluable objects, and had assimilated with the native peoples. Similarly, John White accounts for this saying,

The lost island of Roanoke has been a mystery since the very incident. A settlement in the early 16th century mysteriously vanished. All that was left were carefully dismantled houses and two carvings on two trees, one saying “Croatoan” and another saying “Cro”. People ranging from scientists to school children have made educated guesses on how the colonists disappeared but only one makes the most sense. The colonists starved to death or were lost at sea.

Imagine, a small colony of about 110 people peacefully getting settled into their new lives in North America only to vanish three years later without a trace. This was a reality for John White as the only thing he came back to in the colony of Roanoke was the word “CROATOAN” and the mystery of their disappearance.

After three years prior from leaving Island Roanoke John white returned to the Island in 1590 and to his surprise no one from the colonist was to be found on the Island. There are many theories on what could be the reason for the colonist’s disappearance, with no trace except the term “CROATOAN” carved into a tree on the Island of Roanoke.

Once upon a time there was a man named Willie. Willie lived alongside the Waspi River. One day Willie went for a boat ride on his big steamboat with a big paddle wheel. Willie was on the Waspi River on his steamboat. Willie had a big problem after he was 2 miles down the South channel from his house that was on the North Channel on the Waspi. Willie’s big problem was that he couldn’t get his steamboat to start. Willie was looking for some food, because he was very hungry.

Coach white seems to look down on the culture of McFarland due to how different the transient from schools have been. He came from a very traditional white school that was well off. Now he is at one of the poorest schools in the country with extremely low expiation for the students. Mr. White feels like the students are disrespecting him by calling him White possibly as a play on words for his name and his race. Mr. White clearly doesn't want to be here and would rather be any where else and it’s a clear reflection to the students and other

“‘Name? What name?’ She asked, touching me on the shoulder. I told her my name, and she

John White, a person who not many people are familiar with. This English born man did so many important things in his lifetime, but just never got recognized. Little is known about John during his early years in England; however, used his abilities to upgrade his station in life, contribute to the art world and journey across the ocean during the Age of Discovery.

Brennan sat at their small kitchen table chowing down some Lucky Charms before school. In his hand he kept turning over the small message his Mom used to write to him in his lunch. He missed those times when his Mom would wait at the door when he came home from school. When she would wake up early and eat breakfast with him right before school. Now, it is only Brennan and his thoughts. Brennan took a huge breath, stood up and tossed his paper bowl into the trash. As he began walking out, he stopped, looked back and grabbed the message from him Mom and tucked it away into his pocket and proceeds to the bus stop.

inside beaming with joy; his name was Barry. “Mama! Mama! Can I go march with all of the other kids today?” exclaimed the cheerful child. The mother considered. Fiddling her textured sweater-light enough for the September month-she hesitated and made out the word “Danger.” She took a breath of air and started again, “It’s too dangerous for you to go, sweetie.” She felt guilt, she thought she knew what was best for him. Hugging his mother, he assured her that her decision was fine. Releasing from the embrace, his mama suggested going to church, and he thought the idea was splendid. “Go, and when you come back, dinner will be made-with your favorite dessert:

The next day when he woke up, he went to try and find the boat that he came in. When he didn’t find it, he decided to make camp and try to find it tomorrow.

Ben looks between the two, utterly confused. He raises his eyebrows, and asks, “did you just call me Benny?”

It was June 30th, Ben’s birthday, he was 13 years old. His Dad had promised him they would go swim at the lake and then go to a pizza place for dinner. Ben’s family is moving to Victoria, Canada because his dad had a new project, which was to teach a chimpanzee sign language. And they had to move to Victoria because that was the only university that would sponsor him.