John White, a famous artist and governor, is known mainly for his contributions to the faint colony known as Roanoke. Roanoke, North Carolina was one of the first colony to be established but had trouble staying together. Their were three groups that were initiated by Sir Walter Raleigh that arrived at the lost colony for different purposes. The first group in 1584 was brought to map out the land for the coming groups to follow. The next group to come in 1585 was filled with military and scientific personnel; however, the third and final group that came in 1587 was occupied by families and settlers. John White didn’t come to the colony until the second expedition in 1585 along with the rest of the military. While living in Roanoke for 13 months, …show more content…
During this trip he brought his daughter, Eleanor Dare, and her husband, Annanias Dare; along with many families that wanted to make a new life in the colonies. In helping the effort to colonize, Eleanor became pregnant and was able to have the first baby born in the new colony. Soon after their arrival to the New World, John found it impeccable to get resources in order to sustain this new colony. So, in 1587, John returned to England to retrieve the things needed to colonize then promised to return back. However, John didn’t know that England was being attacked by the Spanish Armada which caused him to stay later than he had hoped. After the battles ended, John was finally able to get the things he needed and returned almost three years later in 1590. In his return to Roanoke, John couldn’t find anyone and noticed that the land exhibited no evidence of attack. John continued to search all through out the area for human presence; however, he found clues on a tree and a palisade. The clue on the tree read ‘CROATOAN’ and ‘CRO’ was found on the palisade wall. With this clue, John remembered that the Croatoan Indians lived on a near by island called Croatoan Island. John and his men set sail for the island to find the survivors, but ran into a horrible storm causing damage to their ship. Due to the damages, they had to redirect their route to England; however, when they got to England, John