A lot of the last names of the Lumbee are the same as last names of many of the lost colonists, too. It may be a "white thing", or just a thing of various experts ignoring what ordinary folk already know. Until a $200,000 study has been done, of course, confirming that the ordinary folk were right all along. The rangers who have seen a few mountain lions in the south end of the Shenandoah National Park; the many people over the years who have insisted they've still seen Ivory Billed Woodpeckers. And etc. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Jan 14, 2007, at 1:15 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > The girl who used to cut my hair was a Lumbee Indian and she told > me that > present day Lumbees know exactly and without a doubt that the > Roanoke Island > colonists simply wandered off and joined the local Indian tribes > and became > part of their culture and life and families. She said that it had > always > been a "Duh" issue and that if "white folk" hadn't been so > disdainful of the > opinions of the Indians who have tried, repeatedly, over the years > to tell > the stories of what happened then there would be no "mystery". > Makes sense to me. > DFM > in York County > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html