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He knew the settlers had planned to move 50 miles into the mainland.

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In case the Spain found the map, they wouldn't find the fort with the colonists. Because it says in our packets that if any Spanish soldiers found the colonists, they would kill them.

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he wanted to hide it location from invators and thievs.

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I think he wanted to keep his wife and granddaughter safe.

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maybe it was because he wanted to keep it a secret so he covered it so there would be no trace of it in case the spanish might capture him and discover his secret fort.

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So then nobody would know the fort.

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Maybe because he wanted to keep it a secret

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So if they got attacked they cold escape and no one would know where the==-y are

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Maybe if there is a spanish spy then everybody would be in trouble

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He might of covered it with a patch because it was later destroyed by some other countries.

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Mabey he wanted it hidden incase of a war.

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he wanted to keep it a secret

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This the third time already the FORT WAS A MISTAKE.  He patched it up because he spilled some coffee or brown ink.

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This the third time already the FORT WAS A MISTAKE.  He patched it up because he spilled some coffee or brown ink.

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He wanted to keep the colonists safe from the Spanish settlers because they are known to kill rival country settlements

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I think he did not want other countries in the Americas to know about it and take over if they found the map.

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he might of been in danger

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Maybe he wanted to keep the colonists safe.

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Maybe he wanted to keep it a secret so no one except for the lost colony knew where it is.

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Because maybe he wanted the fort to be unknown to other countries so they would never find where the colonists made the fort.

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He wanted to keep the fort as a secret from other countries so the progress or the fort would have an impact to the fort.

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He wanted to keep it secret from rivaling Spanish so if they abducted him there would be no secrets spilled.