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| '''Croatoan Island''' is the name used by 1585-1587 ] settlers for ] or an island near ], ], ]. It is speculated that the ] might have fled there. Reasons given for this include the colonists' friendship with ], a ] of Croatoan Island, and a carving of the word "C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N" into a post of the fort (and "C-R-O" into a nearby tree), ostensibly to let ] know where they had fled when he returned in 1590. White was unable to search Croatoan Island because a ] hit the outer banks of North Carolina and blew his fleet to sea. After the storm abated, the fleet was low on provisions and their ship's anchor had been lost so they decided to return to ]. Upon returning to England, White was never able to raise sufficient funds or provisions to return to America again. | |||
| More than a century later in 1709, English explorer ] visited the ], descendants of the ] Indians. He later wrote a book describing several of the Hatteras as white people with light eyes who could "talk in a book as we do." In an 1888 pamphlet, Hamilton MacMillan of North Carolina suggested another theory. He lived near ], home of the ] Indians, who claimed their ancestors came from "Roanoke in Virginia". According to MacMillan, the Pembroke Indians could speak English and many of them shared last names with the initial colonists. | |||
| Many historians{{who|date=August 2011}} now credit another theory. After White departed, the colonists split into two factions, with one faction moving into ] to live in the southern side of the bay with the friendly ]. Threatened by the presence of white men, ] (it is unclear whether or not Powhatan was from a neighboring tribe of the Chesapeake) claimed to have killed most of the colonists. As proof he showed White objects the colonists possessed. Some scholars{{Who|date=July 2011}} believe the remaining faction was assimilated into the tribe of Indians. | |||
| Croatoan has become an emblem of an intentional return to a more primitive, or more free, way of life. In this sense, the phrase "Gone to Croatoan" has been used by ] and, more generally, ]. A variation on this phrase, "Gone to Croatan," was the title of a collection of essays which explored the theme of "dropping out" of civilization and "returning to" the wilderness, which was edited by ] and ]. | |||
| ==Media appearances== | |||
| Harlan Ellison references Croatoan in his 1975 story of the same name "Croatoan." | |||
| In the ] '']'' written by ], in a dream, the townspeople see themselves walking into the sea two-by-two with the word Croatoan carved on their heads. | |||
| The word also appears at the end of the music video for the song "Jars," by the rock group ]. "Croatoan" is written on a piece of paper tied to a brick, which the main character of the video discovers just before the car he is in explodes. | |||
| In two ] episodes the word Croatoan is used to describe a virus that turns humans into zombie-like demons. | |||
| In ] episode "Twilight of the Idols" Captain Hunt refers to a colony that mysteriously disappeared leaving only a sign reading "Croatoan" | |||
| There is also a theory that it could have been written backwards. | |||
| A reference to the word "Croatoan" and the story of the lost colony is made in a 2004 film '']''. | |||
| In the 2011 film '']'' the story of settlers and the Croatoan is mentioned by a character in reference to the film's story (disappearing people).And the word is written on a bridge in white letters. | |||
| In the 2010 novel '']'' by ], a story is told which explains that the colonists were killed by a vampire. The sole survivor tried to carve the name of the vampire, "Crowley", into a tree but only got "CRO", the vampire found it and covered his actions by carving Croatoan into another tree. | |||
| In the 2009 novel/series ] "Croatan" is used to describe an evil creature heavily allianced with Lucifer and his Angels. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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