[LMB] Beta Colony

[William A Wenrich]

Mary wrote:

>I usually use the example of the lost colony of Roanoke.  Nobody knew  how
it 
>failed or why.  Drought, hostile Native Americans or Spaniards,  adoption
or 
>enslavement by one of the tribes--we still only have theories.   Lack of 
>support from the mother country was the main reason, but exactly how  that
caused 
>the failure and what happened to the settlers remains a  mystery.

I usually lump it into the same pot as the Vineland colony. Too much travel
time, too little payload on the ships.

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William A. Wenrich
I am a Christian, husband, father, son, and American. Here I stand. I can do
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