in this form; but we found no such sign of distress.... And having well considered of this, we passed towards the place where they were left in sundry houses, but we found the houses taken down, and the place very strongly enclosed with a high palisade of great trees, with curtains and flankers, very fort-like, and one of the chief trees or posts at the right side of the entrance had the bark taken off, and five feet from the ground in fair capital letters was graven CROATOAN without any cross or sign of distress.... I greatly joyed that I had safely found a certain token of their safe being at Croatoan, which is the place where Manteo was born, and the savages of the island our friends."--_From Governor White's account of his voyage in search of the colonists, after the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Hakluyt, Vol. III._ NOTE _l_.--"We brought home also two of the savages, being lusty men, whose names were Wan-ches-e and Man-te-o."--_First voyage by Amadas and Barlowe._ NOTE _m_.--All authorities agree in the statement that the favorite time among the Indians for an attack on an enemy was at, or about, daybreak. NOTE _n_.--"Into this river falls another great river called Cipo in which there is found great store of mussels in which there are pearls."--_Voyage of Amadas and Barlowe._ "In her ears she had bracelets of pearls, hanging down to her middle, and these were of the bigness of good pease."--_Voyage of Amadas and Barlowe._ "Sometimes feeding on mussels, we found some pearle, but it was our hap to meet with ragges, or of a pied colour; not having yet discovered those places where we heard of better and more plenty."--_Harriot's Report._