10. By some means he discovered that Wingina was concerting with the Tuscaroras for an attack upon Roanoke Island. Concealing this knowledge, he invited the unsuspecting plotter to come, with certain of his people, to a feast at the City of Raleigh. They accepted the invitation, and Wingina, with eight of his headmen, was put to death. This occurred on the first of June, 1586.
11. This was a stern and bloody punishment of their foes, but it gave the white men deliverance from attack until Sir Francis Drake came, with a large fleet, and anchored in Trinity Harbor, finding the colony almost in a perishing condition.
12. Ralph Lane was not a hero, but Francis Drake was. If the Governor lacked resolution, no man ever supposed the great admiral deficient in this respect. After a long consultation, Drake approved the resolution of the colonists to abandon the settlement, and, on the 19th of June, 1586, taking them aboard his ships, he steered for England, leaving the City of Raleigh untenanted. Thus failed the first attempt at forming a permanent settlement upon this great territory forming the present limits of the United States.
QUESTIONS.
1. What occurred in England on the return of the ships? Mention some things exhibited by the mariners.
2. What did Sir Walter Raleigh next do? Who was appointed Governor? Who commanded the expedition?
3. What was the route of the fleet? When and where did they land?
4. How many men were landed upon Roanoke Island? What did they name their city? Describe Roanoke Island.
5. Mention some of Grenville's exploits during his stay.
6. What did the Indians think of this treatment? How did the settlers suffer in consequence?