The Lost Colony was Never Lost!

On January 14, 2021 author and historian Scott Dawson delivered the lecture "The Lost Colony was Never Lost!"
Scott Dawson has participated in ten years of archaeological digs on Hatteras Island, where it was discovered that the infamous Lost Colony assimilated with the local Croatoan Indians. The true history has been buried under a mountain of mythology and lies. Learn the real story and what was discovered in the Croatoan Indian Village.
Scott Dawson is an Outer Banks historian and serves on the board of the Outer Banks History Center. He is president of the Croatoan Archaeological Society and author of The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island. He is a ninth-generation Native of Hatteras Island and lives with his wife and two daughters in Kill Devil Hills.
The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

[@billypayne6197]

Sir - thank you . All of my people are from the area around Colerain and Edenton and Hatteras Island . My grandmother used to tell us that the LC was BS - that the English were taken in by the Croatan and mixed - eventually enough white blood got into them that some of my family have gray eyes - mine go from blue to gray and - you'll love this - my son swears they turn silver when I'm furious - his own "temper gauge" , lol .

[@robkeech3991]

I just watched a video posted by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, I was stunned at the comments of the three gentlemen. They completely ignored the documentary evidence that supports Scott Dawson and Mark Horton's theory that the colony relocated to Croatoan (Hatteras). They made the statement that that it was common knowledge that the lost colonists were all just dead. Never mind the fact that John White knew exactly where they went when he saw Croatoan carved on a post. He had told them if they left to carve into a tree or post where they relocated to, and that if they left under duress, to carve a cross. John White was not in doubt as to where at least a part of the colony had gone, to Hatteras. It's obvious that the N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources and their friends continue to embrace the old stale myth of the Lost Colony narrative created by a popular outdoor drama. I find that surprising and disappointing.

[@AJones-mb7zg]

I am here in Michigan and I wonder if the smelted copper you found was part of an extensive trade system which spread Michigan Copper (from the Keweenaw Peninsula) far and wide in the extensive trade routes; which went into the East Coast and down south. The copper that came from the "Copper Culture" and later groups was mined by them in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and was very pure copper right from the ground (from pits) dug by the local native cultures. You can still find chunks of it up there sitting right on the ground.

[@jondon3182]

Video starts at 5:55. First I'm hearing about this. Interesting stuff

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Great lecture! Definitely feel that there is no way in heck that the Natives will always massacre the whites like in historical literature and in myths. Be confined to a single island with people of different ethnicities will more or later cause a "Last of the Mohicans" effect, with the population intermingling. You see this in Singapore today (where they use four different main languages, English, Mandarin, Tamil, and Malay).

[@anonymousdogmama9720]

wow! im glad i watched this, had seen the s. king movie "storm of the century" and later did a search for Roanoke mystery. so there's no mystery at all, and the rest of the world keeps going on about it in series etc. what a world!

[@VATravels]

Incredible story

[@Puzekat2]

Well the textbooks still declare this a mystery. My son is taking US history in Florida, in 2021 and they’re stating Roanoke settlers is still a mystery. I must’ve came across this story because I knew it wasn’t. Imagine no one really looked for them.

[@AJones-mb7zg]

"You wear gay clothes" would not mean that they dress in a homosexual style. The word "gay" meant something different then. Even my elderly father used it as a term of being "happy and gay" or "joyful, bright, in good spirits". The word has changed it's original meaning in the last 50 years.

[@kelrogers8480]

Just a point: it is generally well known with the field of language and linguistics today that young children don't necessarily learn language better than adults. It's a persistent myth!

[@kirstytrainer5780]

Nick Knowles! 😂