Roanoke Island: The Lost Colony Mystery
Across
- 3. the natives traded with the English for metal ___
- 7. name of the first English child born in America (2 words, no spaces)
- 8. the disappearing settlers on Roanoke Island became known as the ___ ___ (2 words, no spaces)
- 9. word carved in a wooden fence post left at the site of the Roanoke Colony
- 10. bad ___ was given as an excuse to cut off the search and prevented a later expedition from reaching the island.
- 13. sir ___ ___ had a royal charter to establish an English colony in the New World.
- 14. captain White and his men tried to ___ several Spanish ships, but their cargo was taken instead.
- 15. the fort and houses on Roanoke Island had been ___, so there was no trace of the colonists.
Down
- 1. man who was appointed governor of the Roanoke Colony (2 words, no spaces)
- 2. chief ___ claimed that he and his men wiped out the English settlers from Roanoke.
- 4. this was the area of North America named for Queen Elizabeth I.
- 5. island off the coast of present-day North Carolina where Raleigh tried to set up a colony
- 6. one group of native people who lived in the area and were eager to trade with the English
- 11. perhaps the colonists went to live with the friendly ___ people on Croatoan Island.
- 12. war between England and ___ prevented Captain White from returning to the colony immediately.