1
00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:15,360
Speaker 1: You're listening to Unexplained, Season four, episode thirteen, Lost in

2
00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:26,760
Speaker 1: Stormy Visions, Part two. Master Coffin didn't see the blow,

3
00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,440
Speaker 1: just the look of surprise on Chapman's face before his

4
00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,680
Speaker 1: body went limp and dropped to its knees. That look

5
00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,240
Speaker 1: of surprise still firmly fixed as the body keeled over

6
00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:43,720
Speaker 1: and planted itself face first into the long grass. Coffin

7
00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,800
Speaker 1: looked down in shock at the purplish ooze emerging from

8
00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:52,920
Speaker 1: out the back of Chapman's head. The Secotain had raised

9
00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,960
Speaker 1: his club again, but by then Coffin was already on

10
00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,280
Speaker 1: the move, charging headlong into the trees. The branches whipped

11
00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,680
Speaker 1: at him mercilessly as he sprinted for his life, while

12
00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,720
Speaker 1: following close behind, the thirty strong group of Secotans gave

13
00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,280
Speaker 1: chase back at Camp. Two, men on watch at the

14
00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,000
Speaker 1: front of the fort, having heard the distant screams, looked

15
00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,840
Speaker 1: up to see their leader burst suddenly into the clearing,

16
00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,960
Speaker 1: followed soon after by the terrifying sight of thirty near

17
00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:29,760
Speaker 1: naked Secotans in full battle cry, running straight toward them.

18
00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,800
Speaker 1: Having no time to prepare their muskets and cannons. The

19
00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,640
Speaker 1: English soldiers grabbed whatever they could to defend themselves as

20
00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:43,120
Speaker 1: a stream of flaming arrows whistled past their heads. The

21
00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,800
Speaker 1: Secotans had appeared not long after the fifteen men ordered

22
00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,600
Speaker 1: by Richard Grenville to keep hold of Roanoke at all

23
00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,800
Speaker 1: costs had arrived on the island. Having approached Master Coffin

24
00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,760
Speaker 1: and Chapman with smiles and cordial gestures, there seemed no

25
00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,280
Speaker 1: reason for immediate concern. Perhaps if they'd known a little

26
00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,960
Speaker 1: more about the circumstances of just why Ralph Lane and

27
00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:12,040
Speaker 1: the previous one hundred and seven colonists had left, or

28
00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,320
Speaker 1: about the terror they had wrought in their short stay,

29
00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:21,160
Speaker 1: they might have thought twice. Moments later, Chapman was dead.

30
00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,840
Speaker 1: Another volley of arrows whistled through the settlement, sinking with

31
00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,440
Speaker 1: a flurry of thuds into various wooden structures as the

32
00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:35,280
Speaker 1: forest echoed with the screams of men. Then came another arrow,

33
00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,440
Speaker 1: this time hitting its mark, entering one of Coffin's men

34
00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,120
Speaker 1: through the mouth and exiting out the back of his head.

35
00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,520
Speaker 1: Down by the shoreline, four of the English were wading

36
00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,560
Speaker 1: through the shallows looking for oysters when one of them

37
00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:56,800
Speaker 1: spotted their bedraggled compatriots staggering out of the forest with

38
00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,560
Speaker 1: seconds despair. The men had bundled themselves to a nearby

39
00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,440
Speaker 1: rowing boat, and, having picked the other four up on

40
00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,240
Speaker 1: the way, headed out across the Pamlico Sound toward the

41
00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,840
Speaker 1: relative safety of the outer bank. Exhausted, bloodied and bruised,

42
00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,799
Speaker 1: the men, now only thirteen in total, collected their breath

43
00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,120
Speaker 1: and looked forlornly at the distant coastline of Roanoke Island

44
00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:32,560
Speaker 1: as they pondered their next move. It was late August

45
00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,520
Speaker 1: fifteen eighty six by the time Francis Drake's fleet arrived

46
00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,880
Speaker 1: back in England with tales of adventure and daring doo

47
00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,680
Speaker 1: in the Caribbean. So enwrapped were the upper classes by

48
00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,960
Speaker 1: his successful plundering of the Spanish colonies. Few barely registered

49
00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,280
Speaker 1: the one hundred and seven failed colonists who had returned

50
00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:57,080
Speaker 1: home with them. Though Sir Walter Raleigh had been disappointed

51
00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,280
Speaker 1: by the failed venture, it was some relief the few

52
00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,600
Speaker 1: had noticed. As for the Queen, she had far more

53
00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,720
Speaker 1: pressing things to worry about than the colonial failings of

54
00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:13,440
Speaker 1: her courtier. An assassination plot had been unearthed concocted by

55
00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,080
Speaker 1: supporters of her arch rival for the throne, Mary Queen

56
00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,000
Speaker 1: of Scots. By September, the leading perpetrators had been arrested

57
00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:27,040
Speaker 1: and thrown into the Tower of London Jail. On September twentieth,

58
00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,920
Speaker 1: they were placed on crudely built sledges and drawn by

59
00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,479
Speaker 1: horseback through the waist filled streets of London to a

60
00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,559
Speaker 1: field in Hoburn, in the center of the city. There,

61
00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,000
Speaker 1: as a vast crowd gathered to watch, the men were

62
00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,360
Speaker 1: dragged at the top of some scaffolding to await their hanging.

63
00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,839
Speaker 1: One by one, the conspirators were forced to watch as

64
00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:56,080
Speaker 1: their cohorts were hung until barely alive, before being cut

65
00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,919
Speaker 1: from the gallows and placed on a large wooden block.

66
00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,960
Speaker 1: Still conscious, The men were then stripped before having their

67
00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,719
Speaker 1: genitals sliced off as they screamed in agony and begged

68
00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,480
Speaker 1: for mercy. Their stomachs were sliced open and their innards removed,

69
00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:20,760
Speaker 1: and finally their hearts were cut out. The assassination plot

70
00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,120
Speaker 1: would prove particularly useful for Walter Raleigh. Not only had

71
00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,680
Speaker 1: it helped to bury the news of the Roanoke failure,

72
00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,400
Speaker 1: but within days Rawleigh found himself one of the main

73
00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,240
Speaker 1: beneficiaries of the executions when the Queen gifted him all

74
00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,080
Speaker 1: the estates formerly belonging to Antony Babington, one of the

75
00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:45,080
Speaker 1: lead conspirators. Having decided to pause his colonial ambitions for

76
00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,680
Speaker 1: the time being, Raleigh was now wealthier than he could

77
00:05:48,720 --> 00:06:00,280
Speaker 1: ever have imagined. It was time for another plan. Having

78
00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,720
Speaker 1: been briefed by Ralph Lane and Thomas Harriot about their

79
00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,040
Speaker 1: time on Roanoke, it was clear to Raleigh that another

80
00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,320
Speaker 1: location should be found if a second colony was going

81
00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:15,520
Speaker 1: to be successful. As Harriot explained, there was one place

82
00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,839
Speaker 1: in particular that he and John White had come across

83
00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:24,039
Speaker 1: while conducting their cartography mission further up the coast. The

84
00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,680
Speaker 1: area known as Chesapeake Bay had seemed especially fertile, with

85
00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,720
Speaker 1: vast swathes of tall and thin trees perfect for construction.

86
00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,240
Speaker 1: More importantly, he and White had succeeded in striking up

87
00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:42,240
Speaker 1: good relations with a number of local tribes unaffiliated with

88
00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,320
Speaker 1: those who now regarded them with animosity. When it was

89
00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,600
Speaker 1: also suggested there may well be silver to mine near by,

90
00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:56,479
Speaker 1: Raleigh was sold. There was only one small problem. Although

91
00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,680
Speaker 1: investors were not put off by the stories now being

92
00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,560
Speaker 1: by the returning colonists of the exotic, cannibalistic savages that

93
00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,320
Speaker 1: stalked the New World. It was proving much harder to

94
00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,400
Speaker 1: find new colonists willing to make the trip. One of

95
00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:17,200
Speaker 1: those who wasn't put off, however, was John White. Despite

96
00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,800
Speaker 1: all the difficulties they had faced on the last venture,

97
00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,800
Speaker 1: he'd thought of little other than how he might return

98
00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,880
Speaker 1: to the New World since he'd got back. After hearing

99
00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,400
Speaker 1: that Raleigh was looking to try it a second time,

100
00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,720
Speaker 1: he jumped at the opportunity, having been far more interested

101
00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,680
Speaker 1: in learning from the Americans than Master Lane and his

102
00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,600
Speaker 1: soldiers had been. It's possible White had hoped that, under

103
00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,120
Speaker 1: his guidance, a second colony might find a way to

104
00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:50,000
Speaker 1: live peacefully with the local communities. It was also possible

105
00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,120
Speaker 1: that White's exposure to the majestic wilderness of America, in

106
00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,840
Speaker 1: contrast to the foul, stench and disease ridden London, had

107
00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,840
Speaker 1: made his return to the city or the more unbearable.

108
00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,160
Speaker 1: In any case, what America offered that he wouldn't find

109
00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,720
Speaker 1: anywhere else was the chance to forge a life and

110
00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,720
Speaker 1: future for himself and his family, unimpeded by the English

111
00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,400
Speaker 1: social structures of his day. It was a life of

112
00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,080
Speaker 1: promise that he also succeeded in convincing his pregnant daughter

113
00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,720
Speaker 1: Eleanor and his son in law to buy into. And

114
00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,760
Speaker 1: then there was the small matter of one other issue,

115
00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,600
Speaker 1: the fifteen men that Richard Grenville had left stranded on Roanoke.

116
00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,360
Speaker 1: When Grenville returned to London shortly after Francis Drake's fleet,

117
00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,120
Speaker 1: Raleigh had been alarmed to discover that he'd placed another

118
00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,480
Speaker 1: fifteen men on the island. Though Raleigh had first wanted

119
00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,600
Speaker 1: to forget about them, Grenville eventually convinced him that, whether

120
00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,600
Speaker 1: he liked it or not, he was responsible for them.

121
00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,200
Speaker 1: A compromise was made. The men would be picked up

122
00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:09,040
Speaker 1: by the new colonists on route to Chesapeake Bay. With

123
00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,839
Speaker 1: John White's help. Over the next few months, Raleigh succeeded

124
00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,679
Speaker 1: in convincing many others to sign up, and in January

125
00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,800
Speaker 1: fifteen eighty seven, as a reward for his efforts, White

126
00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:25,240
Speaker 1: was promoted to governor of the future colony. The town's

127
00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:30,840
Speaker 1: name would be Raleigh, and the surrounding territory known as Virginia,

128
00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,600
Speaker 1: in honor of the Virgin Queen. It was to be

129
00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,960
Speaker 1: a very different venture to the first relying less on

130
00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,719
Speaker 1: military might and more on the expertise of its community.

131
00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,199
Speaker 1: Having realized the importance of becoming self sufficient as quickly

132
00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,400
Speaker 1: as possible, Raleigh and White had focused heavily on recruiting

133
00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:54,920
Speaker 1: individuals with farming and hunting skills. Though most of the

134
00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,200
Speaker 1: colonists would be men, with many leaving families behind in

135
00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,679
Speaker 1: the hope of fighting them out later, this time there

136
00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,880
Speaker 1: would be women joining them too. Their presence would prove invaluable,

137
00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,160
Speaker 1: as Unlike their male counterparts, who tended to only specialize

138
00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,720
Speaker 1: in one discipline, the women possessed an array of vital

139
00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,880
Speaker 1: practical skills, from baking and brewing to churning butter and

140
00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:24,959
Speaker 1: rearing animals. Then knew far more about food processes when

141
00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,840
Speaker 1: seeds and herbs were ripe for picking and harvesting, and

142
00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,920
Speaker 1: often worked as accountants and bookkeepers for their husbands, while

143
00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,920
Speaker 1: also doing the majority of child rearing. More often than not,

144
00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:43,160
Speaker 1: they also worked much longer hours. One thing that troubled Raleigh, however,

145
00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:47,040
Speaker 1: was the lack of nobility in the group. As a result,

146
00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,160
Speaker 1: Raleigh instructed the nation's chief Officer of Arms to make

147
00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,400
Speaker 1: up a family crest for all the men while also

148
00:10:54,480 --> 00:11:00,640
Speaker 1: fabricating for them ancient links to the English aristocracy. Manteo,

149
00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,840
Speaker 1: who had returned with the first colonists, was ordered to

150
00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,880
Speaker 1: go back with John White's group as their lead interpreter.

151
00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,000
Speaker 1: In return, he was to be made the Lord of

152
00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:17,080
Speaker 1: Roanoke Island. By late spring, White had secured a small

153
00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,040
Speaker 1: fleet of ships headed by the one hundred and twenty

154
00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,040
Speaker 1: ton vessel the Lion, to deliver them to Chesapeake Bay,

155
00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:35,480
Speaker 1: and the moment was finally upon them. On May eighth,

156
00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,839
Speaker 1: fifteen eighty seven, Governor John White and his one hundred

157
00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,240
Speaker 1: and sixteen colonists set sail from Portsmouth in England, and

158
00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:49,960
Speaker 1: their troubles began almost immediately. It was barely a week

159
00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,200
Speaker 1: into the voyage when John White stepped on deck of

160
00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,120
Speaker 1: the Lion to find that the companionship, known as a flyboat,

161
00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,080
Speaker 1: carrying a number of colonists as well as most to

162
00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:05,160
Speaker 1: their provisions for their venture, was missing. When he asked

163
00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:12,800
Speaker 1: the ship's captain, Simon Fernandez, about it, he seemed strangely unconcerned. Fernandez,

164
00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,120
Speaker 1: who had been one of the original pilots on the

165
00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,160
Speaker 1: first colonial mission, had been one of the few men

166
00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,840
Speaker 1: available to take the second group across. Though trusted by Raleigh,

167
00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,720
Speaker 1: it seemed very quickly to White that something about him

168
00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,120
Speaker 1: was off. His response to losing the fly boat was

169
00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,440
Speaker 1: especially odd since Edward Spicer, who was piloting it, had

170
00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,959
Speaker 1: never been to where they were heading and was relying

171
00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,240
Speaker 1: on Fernandez to lead him there. When the Lion made

172
00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,680
Speaker 1: it to the Caribbean some months later, White suggested to

173
00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,800
Speaker 1: Fernandez that they stopped to get fresh water and give

174
00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,959
Speaker 1: the travelers some respite from the ship. Despite being well

175
00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,320
Speaker 1: acquainted with the area, however, Fernandez seemed suddenly unable to

176
00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,959
Speaker 1: suggest a convenient place to land. After dropping the colonists

177
00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,040
Speaker 1: at one island, their efforts to find food and water

178
00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,480
Speaker 1: resulted in half the ship being poisoned by the local

179
00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,880
Speaker 1: fruit and the stagnant water they drank. Later, when Fernandez

180
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,679
Speaker 1: promised they would find animals to eat on another island,

181
00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:23,160
Speaker 1: they found nothing of the sort. By mid July, the

182
00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,600
Speaker 1: Lion had made it as far as the Outer Bank,

183
00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,840
Speaker 1: and on July twenty second dropped Anchor off the shores

184
00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,920
Speaker 1: of Hatterasc behind which lay the Pamlico Sound, and at

185
00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:40,280
Speaker 1: the top of that Roanoke Island. White called Manteo over

186
00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,079
Speaker 1: to join him on the port side, and together they

187
00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,120
Speaker 1: peered out for any sign of life coming from Roanoke,

188
00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:52,360
Speaker 1: but saw nothing. Undaunted, White ordered forty men to join

189
00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,079
Speaker 1: him in the ship's boat, which was then untethered from

190
00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,240
Speaker 1: the Lion, in preparation for heading out to the island.

191
00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,240
Speaker 1: But just as the vessel was about to pull away,

192
00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,360
Speaker 1: one of Fernandez's crew called out from over the side

193
00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:11,079
Speaker 1: with a message from Fernandez. None of the colonists were

194
00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,800
Speaker 1: to be allowed back on the ship, but were to

195
00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,000
Speaker 1: be deposited at Roanoke Island and left there for good.

196
00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,680
Speaker 1: Murmurs of confusion echoed about the boat as White struggled

197
00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:28,880
Speaker 1: to comprehend what exactly was going on, demanding to speak

198
00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,200
Speaker 1: with Fernandez. The captain soon appeared at the front of

199
00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:36,000
Speaker 1: the vessel, repeating what his crew member had just said.

200
00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,360
Speaker 1: Fernandez explained that it was getting too late in the

201
00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,600
Speaker 1: season for them to make it to Chesapeake Bay and

202
00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,560
Speaker 1: be back in the Caribbean before the storms picked up.

203
00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:51,680
Speaker 1: White realized immediately there was nothing he could do. The

204
00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,000
Speaker 1: ship's men were all loyal to Fernandez and not one

205
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,840
Speaker 1: of the colonists. At the first idea about how to

206
00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:02,280
Speaker 1: command a sailing ship. White looked around at the imploring

207
00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,920
Speaker 1: faces of his fellow colonists, then out toward the shores

208
00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,400
Speaker 1: of Roanoke. At least, he thought to himself, there'll be

209
00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,320
Speaker 1: a fot and fifteen soldiers waiting for them when they

210
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,200
Speaker 1: got there. And so it was, just as a soft

211
00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,520
Speaker 1: yellow sun was beginning to dip below the island's tree tops.

212
00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:26,280
Speaker 1: White accepted Fernandez's orders and commanded the oarsman to start rowing.

213
00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,360
Speaker 1: Are you always taking care of your family? Do you

214
00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,480
Speaker 1: often take care of others and not yourself? Now it's

215
00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,200
Speaker 1: time to take care of yourself, to make time for

216
00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,920
Speaker 1: you you deserve it. Teledoc gives you access to a

217
00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,320
Speaker 1: licensed therapist to help you get back to feeling your best,

218
00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,560
Speaker 1: to feeling like yourself again. With teledoc, you can speak

219
00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,359
Speaker 1: to a licensed therapist by phone or video. Therapy appointments

220
00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,040
Speaker 1: are available seven days a week from seven a m.

221
00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,880
Speaker 1: To nine pm local time. If you feel overwhelmed sometime,

222
00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,760
Speaker 1: maybe you feel stressed or anxious, depressed or lonely, or

223
00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,680
Speaker 1: you might be struggling with a personal or family issue,

224
00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:13,200
Speaker 1: teledoc can help. TELEDOC is committed to facilitating great therapeutic matches.

225
00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,040
Speaker 1: So they make it easy to change counselors if needed.

226
00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:21,160
Speaker 1: For free Teledoc therapy is available through most insurance or employers.

227
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,440
Speaker 1: Download the app or visit teledoc dot com forward slash

228
00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:32,120
Speaker 1: Unexplained podcast today to get started. That's teladoc dot com

229
00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:41,000
Speaker 1: slash Unexplained podcast. It was almost dark by the time

230
00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,760
Speaker 1: White and the others arrived at the eastern shore of

231
00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,720
Speaker 1: the island, pulling the boat onto the beach, They agreed

232
00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,560
Speaker 1: to bed down for the night, deciding to make their

233
00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,120
Speaker 1: way to the fort at first light the next day.

234
00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,320
Speaker 1: While some help to set up a makeshift camp, White

235
00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,440
Speaker 1: and the others called out into the trees, hoping for

236
00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,480
Speaker 1: any response from Master Coffin and his men, but all

237
00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,919
Speaker 1: was silent save for the crickets and the sloshing of

238
00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:15,320
Speaker 1: the waves behind them. Then came a sudden cry. White

239
00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,400
Speaker 1: rushed over to find one of the colonists pointing into

240
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:22,439
Speaker 1: the undergrowth at the hideous skeleton covered in rags poking

241
00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,320
Speaker 1: out from underneath it. It was all that was left

242
00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:31,280
Speaker 1: of one of Coffin's men. The following morning, at sunrise,

243
00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,160
Speaker 1: White and Manteo led the forty settlers to the north

244
00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,680
Speaker 1: end of the island. A short time later, the colonists

245
00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:45,520
Speaker 1: arrived at the fort. Though White recognized it instantly, much

246
00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:50,119
Speaker 1: of it, including the central fortification, had been completely destroyed.

247
00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,439
Speaker 1: White had promised them a working village, but this was

248
00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,920
Speaker 1: nothing but ruins, taken over by thick vines and wild deer.

249
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,080
Speaker 1: As for Master Coffin's men, there was no sign of

250
00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:09,240
Speaker 1: them anywhere for the next few days. The colonists set

251
00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,679
Speaker 1: about unloading what supplies they had from the Lion, and

252
00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:17,960
Speaker 1: spent the rest of their time repairing the settlement. Early

253
00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,320
Speaker 1: on July twenty fifth, incredibly, the expedition's fly ship was

254
00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:26,400
Speaker 1: spotted approaching the outer bank. They had made it after all,

255
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,119
Speaker 1: and by the end of the day all one hundred

256
00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,080
Speaker 1: and fifteen colonists had been delivered to Roanoke to begin

257
00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:41,679
Speaker 1: their new lives. It was a few days after the

258
00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:46,000
Speaker 1: flyboat's arrival that an alarm was raised one of the

259
00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:51,360
Speaker 1: landing party was missing. George Howe, one of the more

260
00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,200
Speaker 1: senior members of the group, had been elected as one

261
00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,960
Speaker 1: of the twelve assistants to help John White in running

262
00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,160
Speaker 1: the colony. That morning, he'd to the beach to search

263
00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,959
Speaker 1: for oysters, but had failed to return They found him

264
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,200
Speaker 1: a few hours later, face down in the sand as

265
00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,480
Speaker 1: his lifeless body was tugged gently back and forth by

266
00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:17,560
Speaker 1: the waves. His body drained of blood, was covered in

267
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:22,080
Speaker 1: tiny slash wounds. He'd been shot by arrows and had

268
00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:27,480
Speaker 1: his head split open. Most had been so consumed by

269
00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,600
Speaker 1: the relentless work of the past few days they had

270
00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,560
Speaker 1: all but forgotten about the Americans. Now it was all

271
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,800
Speaker 1: they could think about. For White, it was a disturbing

272
00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,640
Speaker 1: reminder that it was going to require much more than

273
00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:47,359
Speaker 1: careful harvesting for the colony to survive. But first he

274
00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,760
Speaker 1: needed to know what had become of the fifty men

275
00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:55,480
Speaker 1: left by Richard Grenville. The next day, White took Manteo,

276
00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,679
Speaker 1: along with a small team of settlers to the island

277
00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:03,159
Speaker 1: of Crowetoen to speak with Manteo's tribe, hoping that they

278
00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:09,119
Speaker 1: might know something. On their arrival, some crowhetoents threatened to

279
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,240
Speaker 1: attack White's group, until Manteo quickly stepped in to mediate

280
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,760
Speaker 1: between the two. Later, having been invited back to their

281
00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,680
Speaker 1: local village, Manteo explained to White that his people had

282
00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,320
Speaker 1: been worried that the English had come for their food,

283
00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:29,479
Speaker 1: just as they had done before. White reassured them, however,

284
00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:34,879
Speaker 1: that they were only seeking friendship and nothing else. A

285
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,199
Speaker 1: moment later, a member of the tribe was brought forth

286
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,760
Speaker 1: from out of the nearby hut. The man had been

287
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,840
Speaker 1: so brutally wounded that he had been unable to walk

288
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:49,239
Speaker 1: for over a year. As the elders explained, he'd been

289
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,760
Speaker 1: injured by English soldiers from the last settlement, who had

290
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,720
Speaker 1: mistaken him for one of Winjinna's tribe, the Secotan leader

291
00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,520
Speaker 1: they had executed the previous year. Though, as the elders

292
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,679
Speaker 1: graciously explained they bore no grudge with White, those that

293
00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 1: had survived Lane's attack on winjohn As village would not

294
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,840
Speaker 1: be so forgiving. In fact, it was winjohn As people

295
00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 1: that had killed George Howe, as White also later discovered

296
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,320
Speaker 1: it was Scotens who had ambushed Master Coffin and his

297
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,720
Speaker 1: men a few months previously and likely killed them all.

298
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,720
Speaker 1: After spending the night in the company of the crow Atoens,

299
00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,840
Speaker 1: the following day, White asked the elders to help organize

300
00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 1: a conference with the rest of the local tribes so

301
00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,840
Speaker 1: that they might find a way to exist peacefully together.

302
00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,880
Speaker 1: The crow Atoens Julia agreed and offered to bring everyone

303
00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,720
Speaker 1: to Roanoke Island at some point within the next seven days.

304
00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,640
Speaker 1: Back at the fort, the colonists were becoming increasing the anxious,

305
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,440
Speaker 1: with few venturing beyond the boundary walls since the death

306
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:09,200
Speaker 1: of George Howe. Spirits were raised, however, when White returned

307
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,520
Speaker 1: bearing news of the imminent conference with the local tribes.

308
00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,680
Speaker 1: But as one day passed after another with no sign

309
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 1: of the crow Atones or any of the other tribes,

310
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,560
Speaker 1: the colonists had grown nervous once more. On the morning

311
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,440
Speaker 1: of the eighth day, as he watched his heavily pregnant

312
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,719
Speaker 1: daughter helping to collect firewood, White knew he had to

313
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:36,200
Speaker 1: make a decision. Though others may try to attack them,

314
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,159
Speaker 1: it was clear that win Joanna's people were the biggest threat.

315
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,399
Speaker 1: Having learnt from the Croatoans that the survivors of Ralph

316
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,600
Speaker 1: Lane's attack were now living in a village not far

317
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:54,119
Speaker 1: from Roanoke Island, White went for it. At midnight, White,

318
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,520
Speaker 1: along with Manteo and twenty four of the colonists' best

319
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:02,639
Speaker 1: fighting men, made the short journey to the mainland. Having

320
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,200
Speaker 1: crept off the beach, they continued silently into the trees,

321
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 1: following the sound of voices and the crackling of fire

322
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:15,920
Speaker 1: until they arrived at the Secotan settlement. Quietly, they made

323
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,439
Speaker 1: their way to the far side of the village and

324
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: waited for White's instruction. Now he cried, at which the

325
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 1: English opened fire and charged into the settlement. Utter chaos

326
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 1: ensued as the silhouetted bodies of the villagers ran for

327
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 1: their lives down to the coast, darting into nearby reeds.

328
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:42,679
Speaker 1: The English gave chase, shooting indiscriminately at anything that moved,

329
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,680
Speaker 1: when from out of the dark, Manteo screamed for them

330
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:52,840
Speaker 1: to stop. Rushing back to the village, White found Manteo

331
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 1: cradling a dying man in his arms, with an expression

332
00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:01,640
Speaker 1: of immeasurable anguish on his face. These are not Secotans,

333
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 1: he cried, These are Crowetoans, my people. You've killed the

334
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:18,399
Speaker 1: wrong people. As it transpired, the Secotans had left their

335
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: village immediately after killing George Howe, fearing an instant reprisal

336
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,679
Speaker 1: from the English. The crow Atoens had moved in to

337
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:31,120
Speaker 1: collect all the food they had left behind. The following day,

338
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 1: White did his best to make it up to them

339
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 1: by helping them to collect what was left, but it

340
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 1: was little consolation for the enormity of his error. On

341
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,200
Speaker 1: August thirteenth, a ceremony was held on a Manteo for

342
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,360
Speaker 1: his loyalty to the English, and as promised to him

343
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,840
Speaker 1: by Serrali, he was granted the title Lord Manteo of

344
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 1: Roanoke Island. Five days later, Eleanor Dare, John White's daughter

345
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 1: went into labor. As the colony's physician got to work,

346
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 1: the women of the village gathered round to help, taking

347
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,200
Speaker 1: it in turns to hold Eleanor's hand and urging her

348
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: to breathe deeply, until finally the baby arrived, a girl

349
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: to be named Virginia in honor of the Queen, the

350
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 1: first English child to be borne in the New World.

351
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 1: With Virginia's birth came a renewed optimism and in White

352
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 1: a renewed sense of responsibility, for not only were these

353
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,600
Speaker 1: people's lives in his hands, but their futures too, and

354
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: the future of all their subsequent generations. Meanwhile, on the

355
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 1: outer Bank, despite having told White that they were in

356
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: a hurry to make it back to the Caribbean, Simon

357
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: Fernandez and the Lion remained anchored just off the coast.

358
00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,159
Speaker 1: Though its presence had irked Governor White, many had been

359
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 1: reassured by it, being as it was a symbol of

360
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 1: their former homes and an escape route back if they

361
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:12,639
Speaker 1: so wished. In late August, however, a tremendous storm ripped

362
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: through the island, blowing the Lion far back into the Atlantic.

363
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 1: Although it returned six days later, its sudden and unexpected

364
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: disappearance had left a profound mark on the colonists, being

365
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: suddenly confronted by the enormity of their mission. Once Fernandez

366
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,679
Speaker 1: and the Lion were gone for good, there would be

367
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: no way to reach home or send word should anything

368
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 1: cataclysmic occur, and in that moment, the settlers realized they

369
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 1: were not ready. Not only had they arrived too late

370
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 1: to plant seriously before the winter, Since they had not

371
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 1: made it to Chesapeake Bay, any future supply ships would

372
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: have no idea they had been deposited on Roanoke Island.

373
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: Somebody would have to return to England to inform Raleigh

374
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 1: of the situation and make a request for more supplies.

375
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: Given his prior relationship with the man, it was soon

376
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:15,679
Speaker 1: decided that that somebody should be John White. White was

377
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: aghast surely as governor, his place was with his people,

378
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: but the people, alarmed by White's recent blunders, had made

379
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: up their minds. Stunned by the decision, and no doubt

380
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: devastated to leave. His daughter had newly born granddaughter behind, White,

381
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,439
Speaker 1: Julie informed Fernandez that he would be traveling back to

382
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,399
Speaker 1: England with the fleet. Much to his relief, it was

383
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: agreed that he could travel with Edward Spicer on the

384
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 1: flyboat and not with Fernandez, who by then was refusing

385
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: to even speak to the governor. Having said his goodbyes,

386
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: it suddenly occurred to White that should anything happen to

387
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: the colony and they be forced to move, there'd be

388
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 1: no way to tell anyone about it. Then he had

389
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 1: an idea. Should they have to move on, they would

390
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,720
Speaker 1: carve the name of where they were going on nearby

391
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: trees and the doorposts of their homes. If it were

392
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 1: by their own volition, just the name would suffice, but

393
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 1: if they were forced to flee, they should carve a

394
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: Maltese cross above the inscription. After making them promise to

395
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: protect his possessions while he was gone, White kissed his

396
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: daughter and granddaughter goodbye and made his way into the rowboat.

397
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: It wouldn't be so bad, he told them, and with

398
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: any luck, he'd be back before winter. He couldn't have

399
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: been any more mistaken. You've been listening to Unexplained, Season four,

400
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: Episode thirteen, Lost in Stormy Visions, Part two, The third

401
00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: and final part, will be released next Friday or sixteenth.

402
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: If you enjoy listening to Unexplained and would like to

403
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: help support us, you can now go to Unexplained podcast

404
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: dot com Forward Slash Support. All donations, no matter how

405
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: large or small, are massively appreciated. All elements of Unexplained

406
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: are produced by me Richard McClain smith. Please subscribe and

407
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: rate the show on iTunes, and feel free to get

408
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: in touch with any thoughts or ideas regarding the stories

409
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: you've heard on the show. Perhaps you have an explanation

410
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: of your own you'd like to share. You can reach

411
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,120
Speaker 1: us online at Unexplained podcast dot com or Twitter at

412
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: Unexplained Pod and Facebook at Facebook dot com, Forward Slash

413
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 1: Unexplained Now it's time to take care of yourself. To

414
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 1: make time for you, teledoc gives you access to a

415
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: licensed therapist to help you get back to feeling your best.

416
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: Speak to a licensed therapist by phone or video any

417
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: time between seven a m. To nine p m. Local time,

418
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: seven days a week. Teledoc Therapy is available through most

419
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: insurance or employers, Download the app, or visit teledoc dot

420
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: com Forward Slash Unexplained podcast to day to Get Started.

421
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: That's t e l a d oc dot com slash

422
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 1: Unexplained podcast