The settlers had mysteriously disappeared when a supply ship came around to deliver supplies to the settlement. The word Croatoan was etched into a tree nearby. The most widely accepted theory is that the settlers intermixed with the Native American tribe nearby because Croatoan was an island located close to Roanoke that the settlers were instructed to go to if anything had compromised their position on Roanoke.
im not sure but i think indians
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