No Longest Lost John White Summary

No Longer Lost

In late July of the year 1587, a group of over one hundred men, women, and children landed on what is now known as North Carolina's Outer Banks. They came for various reasons, and with different hopes and dreams. They appointed an artist, John White, as their governor. White's daughter, Eleanor, and her husband, Ananias Dare, came with him. Shortly after their arrival, Eleanor gave birth to a daughter. The child, named Virginia, was the first English child born on American soil. Soon after Virginia's birth, John White returned to England for supplies. However, England was at war. This prevented him from returning to the colonists for three years. When he finally returned, he found no trace of his daughter or of the other colonists.
Even there, they were not safe. ********************************************************** Eleanor drifted between yesterday’s world, and the present. A breeze lifted the tent’s deer hide door and blew softly across her sweat-soaked body. The breeze reminded her of the summer storm they had endured the second summer. The storm started with only a light breeze that gained strength. For three days it had blown steadily from the northeast. Then the storm struck, with the vengeance of God behind it. They watched as dark clouds boiled in the sky, and rain blew in through the cracks in the wall. Even the strong oak trees had not been safe, and tall pines bowed to the earth as men bowed before the queen. For two days, the storm roared. At one point the wind made an odd whistle sound and an evil black tail grew from the churning clouds. The Lost/Murphrey, page 5 dark tail whipped down to the earth, scattered objects high in the air, and twisted trees by their roots from the earth. Everyone watched in horror as the trees flew into the sky. The colonists had taken refuge in the church and prayed that God might spare their lives. He did, but not the storehouse roof, nor the vegetables stored there for the winter. Many people