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I think that the colonists were running out of resources to use, and so they settled with an Indian village to survive. Croatoan was the message that they left to say that they had moved, as their remains were never found.

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Croatoan was the name of an island south of Roanoke. The colonists engraving this word into the pole probably meant that the colonists would travel there. Eventually, they may have assimilated the culture there.

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I believe that they joined a nearby Indian Village because they were not able to survive on their own. Because they moved, it would make sense that there was not much evidence.

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I believe that they abandoned the colony and left the "Croatoan" as a sign that they left.

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I believe that the colonists left their colony and assimilated with a neighboring Indian village.
"When he finally came back, three years after he left, the settlers had vanished, but they had left behind cryptic clues: the word “Croatoan” carved into a fence post, and the letters “CRO” on a tree."

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I believe that this is what transpired at Roanoke was this because they managed to choose the year with the worst drought in 800 years.

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I believe that a drought led to the disappearance of Roanoke. Due to a drought, the colonists may have joined other Native tribes and groups. I think this because in the text it said, "The cypress growth anomaly map for the Jamestown drought, 1606-1612, reveals that the most severe drought conditions during that period occurred in the Tidewater region near Jamestown?".

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I believe that the colonists abandoned their colony and joined a nearby native American village. I agree with this theory the most since no remains were left behind by the colonists.

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They found evidence at other (native american) sites that showed things only the colonists from that time would've had, which suggests that either the colonists assimilated into Native tribes or, they were looted and killed- but had that happened, there would've been more clues left at Roanoke
So I'd say that they assimilated into Native tribes

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I think that the settlers were forced out of Roanoke due to hostile Native Americans, because of the carving of the word Croatoan

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I think some colonists were killed by the Native Americans while the others may have joined them and moved more inland.

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The carving of "Croatoan" signified that the settlers chose to leave the island. They likely faced many hardships due to inexperience living in the New World and environmental factors such as drought, which has been proven through tree rings. Archaeology has provided strong evidence that the settlers assimilated themselves into a native American community.

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I believe that they abandoned the colony because evidence of life was found elsewhere at "Site X" which means that everyone dispersed. Since no bodies were found either, people didn't die of disease or starvation either and probably assimilated with friendly Indians.

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According to Mr. White, Roanoke settlement was "abandoned" and "plundered", making it seem like it was an attack (this evidence supports the above theory)

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I think that some colonists were killed by Native Americans, while others died of thirst and starvation.

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What had happened at the Roanoke? - Dani

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What had happened at the Roanoke? - Dani

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I believe that some colonists were killed by the Native Americans and the others were killed because they weren't prepared for hurricane that came or due to the famine that occurred.

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The tree rings that archaeologists found show that the colony of Roanoke had encountered one of the worst droughts in history, meaning that food would have been harder to grow, meat in scarcer supply, and of course, less water to drink. This combined with poor planning and support meant that it would have been likely that the colonists starved and died.

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I believe that the first group that came to Roanoke (Ralph Lane and his men) went to Hatteras Island and were the ones who wrote Croatoan and then they got killed in the Hurricane. Then the second group (John White's family) went to Merry Hill thinking it was Chesapeake Bay

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I believe the colonists moved inland due to a threat with the Native Americans and settled there and joined the Native Americans' way of life.

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I believe the colonists began a fight with the Native Americans and were all killed in the fight.

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I believe the colonists all died of starvation or disease.

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I believe that the colonists abandoned the colony and went to a neighboring Indian Village where they assimilated into their culture.

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