Susanna
October 1590 "They are all gone," Robert told his mother mournfully. "The buildings and houses have all collapsed, personal belongings strewn about and left to spoil in the rain. Not a trace of anyone there. Some letters were carved into a tree and a post. They gave Governor White hope that perhaps the colonists simply relocated to nearby Croatian Island. We searched local islands for them, but the weather was terrible, and we kept losing anchors, so in the end we were forced to return home and leave them in the hands of God." Jane wished that there were something she could say to comfort her son over the loss of his friends, but she was lost for words. Both Robert and his younger brother Ambrose had returned with Governor John White to the colony of Roanoke after three years'
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