Eleanor White Dare Stone: The Truth Of The Lost Colony
The truth of the Lost Colony is written in Dare Stone. In 1937, A chance discovery of the Dare stone seemed to explain what happened to Sir Walter Raleigh’s lost colony, a mystery that has ended for hundreds of years. We believe that the first Dare stone is real and that it should be seen as one of America's national treasures.
In 1587, John White was appointed governor of the first English colony on Roanoke Island. with 115 men, women and children. However they were quickly running low on supplies because of the cold winter. John White left the colony and returned to England to get more supplies. To support the colony he couldn’t return for three years because of the war called Anglo Spanish War and ssa travel was not safe. When he finally returned to Roanoke Island he couldn’t find any of the colonist because their homes were destroyed. One popular theory states that the colonist were killed by Indians and the survivors went to other places to find food, shelter. That is why people call them the Lost Colony back when white returned everyone was gone without a trace.
John White’s daughter, Eleanor White Dare, (EWD) carved a message to her father in what became known as the Dare stones. Also, Eleanor White Dare daughter, of Virginia, was the first English born in America. In Eleanor White Dare's message on the stone she wrote: (Front) …show more content…
The other stone were found in 1937-1940 and people say that they are fake. They thought that they were fake because they did not have the writing that Eleanor White Dare had written on the other stones talking about the colonies. That is why people think that the other Dare Stones are fake. We believe that the first Dare stone is real and the others are fake and that it is our treasure for life. Also that it helped people learn about the colonies and to find
In 1587, John White was appointed governor of the first English colony on Roanoke Island. with 115 men, women and children. However they were quickly running low on supplies because of the cold winter. John White left the colony and returned to England to get more supplies. To support the colony he couldn’t return for three years because of the war called Anglo Spanish War and ssa travel was not safe. When he finally returned to Roanoke Island he couldn’t find any of the colonist because their homes were destroyed. One popular theory states that the colonist were killed by Indians and the survivors went to other places to find food, shelter. That is why people call them the Lost Colony back when white returned everyone was gone without a trace.
John White’s daughter, Eleanor White Dare, (EWD) carved a message to her father in what became known as the Dare stones. Also, Eleanor White Dare daughter, of Virginia, was the first English born in America. In Eleanor White Dare's message on the stone she wrote: (Front) …show more content…
The other stone were found in 1937-1940 and people say that they are fake. They thought that they were fake because they did not have the writing that Eleanor White Dare had written on the other stones talking about the colonies. That is why people think that the other Dare Stones are fake. We believe that the first Dare stone is real and the others are fake and that it is our treasure for life. Also that it helped people learn about the colonies and to find