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And now I will tell you, as Master Hunt told me, the story of this
lost colony of Roanoke, which the London Company had commanded
Captain Newport to find.
You must know that English people had lived in this land of Virginia
before we came here in 1606, and while it does not concern us of
Jamestown, except as we are interested in knowing the fate of our
countrymen, it should be set down, lest we so far forget as to say
that those of us who have built this village are the first settlers
in the land.
THE STORY OF ROANOKE
Twenty-one years before we sailed from London, Sir Walter Raleigh
sent out a fleet of seven ships, carrying one hundred and seven
persons, to Virginia, and Master Ralph Lane was named as the governor.
They landed on Roanoke Island; but because the Indians threatened
them, and because just at that time when they were most frightened,
Sir Francis Drake came by with his fleet, they all went home, not
daring to stay any longer.
Two years after that, which is to say nineteen years before we of
Jamestown came here, Sir Walter Raleigh sent over one hundred and
sixteen people, among whom were men, women and children, and they
also began to build a town on Roanoke Island.
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