Roanoke Island: The Lost Colony Mystery

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