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What was the outcome of the "Lost Colony"

Prosperity
Mysteriously vanished
Captured by natives
Destroyed by fire

Answer

The "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island is an unsolved mystery of the 16th century. The colony was settled by English colonists in 1587, but was abandoned by 1590, with only a single word carved into a tree, "Croatoan," to indicate their fate. Numerous theories have been proposed to explain the colony's disappearance, including disease, starvation, hostile Native Americans, or even a mass suicide.