I'm really interested in the Roanoke survivor stories, since one of my Virginia lines goes to a man who claimed to his dying day that he had come back to the Colony one day with some other boys after hunting to find the people gone. They made their way to a friendly band of Indians and essentially raised themselves among the Indians--being too old to fully assimilate. then, as other colonies took hold and grew, he came out of the tribal life a an adult and "appeared" there in the new colony with his story. Since even then most people assumed that the Lost Colony had been wiped out by violence or pestilence, his story wasn't universally accepted. My family materials are in my Mom's file drawers [they were in the attic, but she's been getting more and more interested! How about that?] -- but as I recall, this ancestor was named Dotson or Dodson--I'll correct when I get access to my files again. Does anyone else out there have a family legend that goes back to Roanoke? Curtis -----Original Message----- From: Kypacer@aol.com <Kypacer@aol.com> To: Melungeon-L@rootsweb.com <Melungeon-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 4:46 PM Subject: [Melungeon] Re: Keyauwee Indians >Regarding the Keyauwee Indians: this is from the American Indian book set, Salem Press, page 814: "By 1709, the Tutelo and five other tribes (Saponi, Ocaneechi, Keyauwee, Shakiori and Stuckanox) were estimated to total only 750 in population. For their own survival, this group of peoples gradually moved eastward, (the author had just mentioned the Indian communities on the Yadkin in N.C.) settling at Fort Christanna on the Meherrin River." (The place referred to was around present day Brunswick Co., Virginia.) >I also found references to the Keyauwee in the book by Pat Elder "Melungeons: Examining an Appalachian Legend", >Continuity Press, Blountville, Tennessee. >At page 156, she states that "The latest information states that the Lumbee are a combination of several extinct tribes," (then follows a list of tribes, which includes the Keyauwee and such others as the Congaree, Saponi, Tutelo and Occaneechi). At page 163, she says that John Lederer, a German who explored in 1670, said he had heard "of Roanoke-Colony survivors living among the Indians and made note of the Indian's beards...." >A footnote refers at one point in the passage to Lefler, Carolina History, page 7 and notes that it was unclear among which group these Indians were found. "Perhaps Aswell made this assumed connection when he said Melungeons were related to the bearded Keyauwee." more next post. Kay