IT'S ONE OF AMERICA'S
OLDEST UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES -- AND IT
HAPPENED IN OUR OWN
BACKYARD.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE LOST COLONY OF
ROANOKE?
(ANITA)
THE RESEARCH HAS
DRAWN PEOPLE FROM
ACROSS THE GLOBE TO
THE OUTER BANKS OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
KAYLA GASKINS IS
FOLLOWING THE STORY
-- AND KAYLA THIS
INTERNATIONAL TEAM
BELIEVES THEY MAY
NOW KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED?
(KAYLA/BAM1)
THE LEADERS OF THIS
TEAM SAY WHAT
THEY'VE FOUND IS
VERY EXCITING AND
VERY CONVINCING.
NOW -- THERE ARE A
LOT OF COMPETING
THEORIES AS TO WHAT
HAPPENED.
THE TEAM WORKING
ON HATTERAS ISLAND
BELIEVE THERE'S
ENOUGH PROOF TO
SHOW THAT'S WHERE
AT LEAST SOME OF THE
COLONISTS LIKELY
WENT.
(KAYLA GASKINS
REPORTING)
TWENTY YEARS
BEFORE JAMESTOWN --
SIR WALTER RALIEGH
ATTEMPTED TO FOUND
THE FIRST
PERMANENT ENGLISH
COLONY IN NORTH
AMERICA.
FEMALE ARTIFACTS ARE
GOOD BECAUSE THE
COLONY IS THE ONLY
ONE WHO BROUGHT
WOMEN.
IN AUGUST OF 1587 --
115 PEOPLE CROSSED
THE ATLANTIC ...
SETTLING ON ROANOKE
ISLAND IN PRESENT
DAY MANTEO.
THESE ARTIFACTS MAY
BE ALL THAT'S LEFT OF
THEM ...
WE'VE GOT A SWORD
HANDLE HERE FROM A
SWEPT TAIL RAPIER.
A SMALL GROUP WENT
BACK TO ENGLAND FOR
MORE SUPPLIES-- AND
RETURNED TO FIND
THE COLONY
COMPLETELY
ABANDONED.
NO ONE KNOWS FOR
CERTAIN WHAT
HAPPENED.
SOME ARGUE THE
COLONISTS TRAVELED
INLAND.
SOME THINK THEY ALL
DIED OR WERE KILLED.
OTHERS FIRMLY
BELIEVES THEY CAME
HERE TO HATTERAS
ISLAND.
BECAUSE THE COLONY
DOESN'T KNOW
THEY'RE LOST.
IN THEIR MIND
SOMEONE IS COMING
BACK WITH
RESUPPLIES.
THE COLONISTS DID
LEAVE BEHIND A CLUE
.... THE WORD
"CROATOAN" CARVED
INTO A WOODEN POST.
THE CROATOANS WERE
A FRIENDLY TRIBE --
THEY LIVED IN
HATTERAS ISLAND.
SCOTT DAWSON -
PRESIDENT OF
CROATOAN
ARCHEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
"THIS ONE BEING
THICKER LIKE THIS
WOULD BE BEEN MORE
TOWARD THE MIDDLE
OR THE BOTTOM OF
THE BOWL"
SCOTT DAWSON-- A
NATIVE OF HATTERAS
ISLAND AND HOBBY
ARCHEOLOGIST-- GREW
UP HEARING THE
STORIES.
I SAW A LOT OF
ARTIFACTS COMING UP
WHEN PEOPLE WERE
BUILDING HOUSES OR
SOMETIMES FROM
EROSION FROM
STORMS. AND IT KIND
OF GUTTED ME TO SEE
THAT NO ONE WAS
DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
DAWSON SET OUT TO
SEE IF HE COULD FIND
THE COLONISTS ...
HERE .. WHERE THEY
ALL BUT SAID THEY
WERE GOING -- AND
WHERE NO ONE HAS
REALLY LOOKED FOR
THEM, UNTIL NOW.
HIS MISSION PIQUED
THE INTEREST OF
PROFESSOR MARK
HORTON -- A WELL
ESTABLISHED BRITISH
ARCHEOLOGIST.
PROFESSOR MARK
HORTON - UNIVERISTY
OF BRISTOL
10:04 AND THOUGHT
WELL MAYBE I COULD
BRING A NEW
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
PROBLEM.
THEY BEGAN DIGGING
IN 2009.
AND HAVE SINCE
ASSEMBLED AN
INTERNATIONAL TEAM
OF EXPERTS WHO
TRAVEL TO HATTERAS
EVERY SPRING.
PROFESSOR MARK
HORTON - UNIVERISTY
OF BRISTOL
16:25 IT'S OUR HISTORY
AND HERITAGE AS
MUCH AS IT IS YOURS.
IT'S PART OF THAT
SHARED STORY.
UNDER LAYERS OF
DIRT-- THE TEAM
FOUND WHAT THEY
CAME FOR.
SCOTT DAWSON -
PRESIDENT OF
CROATOAN
ARCHEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
30:15 WE DID TEST THE
ISOTOPES AND IT'S
ENGLISH COPPER.
SCOTT DAWSON -
PRESIDENT OF
CROATOAN
ARCHEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
34:20 YOU SEE WHERE
EARRINGS BECOME
FISH HOOKS AND
GLASS BECOME
ARROWHEADS.
THERE IS EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT THE OTHER
THEORIES --
PROFESSOR HORTON
SAYS THERE MIGHT
NOT BE JUST ONE
ANSWER TO THEIR
FATE.
"WHEN THESE
COLONIES BECOME
ABANDONED YOU GET
MASSIVE POLITICAL
ERUPTIONS AND
DISAGREEMENTS AND
PEOPLE WALKING OUT
AND THINGS. SO IT'S
NOT UNLIKELY THAT
ONE GROUP MIGHT
HAVE GONE UP THE
CHESAPEAKE UP THE
ALBEMARLEBUT I'M
PRETTY CONFIDENT
ONE GROUP AT LEAST --
PROBABLY THE PRETTY
SUBSTANTIAL PART,
CAME OUT TO
HATTERAS ISLAND."
I THINK IT'S ALMOST A
DUTY TO LEARN ABOUT
IT. THIS IS THE BIRTH
OF AMERICA. THIS IS
THE REAL STORY.
IT'S A STORY OF
FAILURE --- BUT THESE
FAILURES ARE WHAT
THE SUCCESS OF OUR
NATION IS FOUNDED
ON.
(KAYLA/BAM1)
SCOTT DAWSON
COMPILED THEIR
RESEARCH INTO A NEW
BOOK.
IT WAS JUST RELEASED
THIS WEEK.
THEIR NEWEST
DISCOVERY-- WHAT
THEY CALL THE
SURVIVORS CAMP --
WHERE THE COLONISTS
SETTLED UPON FIRST
ARRIVING TO
HATTERAS-- BEFORE
INTEGRATING WITH THE
CROATOANS.
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