Uncovering the Mystery: The First Lost Colony - A Riveting Historical Investigation

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  • Discover the story of North Carolina's first colony, a Spanish settlement that predates English colonies. Join archaeologists as they dig up artifacts and clues at Fort San Juan near Morganton, NC. Watch our video to learn about this early chapter of American history.
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  • @larryoffranklin2634
    @larryoffranklin2634 Před rokem +60

    Years ago, a local lady authored a small book about the Lost Colony was never lost, that John White on returning from England with more settlers and supplies, simply went to the wrong island of Roanoke, instead of where the colony was on Ocracoke Island. On research maps, the islands inlets would look almost identical and storms constantly change the shifting sands of the barrier islands. She also used the fact of the common language of Ocracoke Island to be more Elizabethan English than any other American English of other settlements. The natives also had surnames common the the Lost Colony. That "hoi tiders" or high tider Old English is still spoken by the old families there. So many theories, so many stories.

    • @davidkiser5250
      @davidkiser5250 Před rokem +2

      That's interesting. Will have to look into it for my own information. Seems like I have heard a similar possibility for moving inland and possibly assimilating with the Native American population (can't recall where right off though.)

    • @jeffbybee5207
      @jeffbybee5207 Před rokem +11

      Except they visited the fort they had helped build 3 years before and saw the word croaton carved into the gate post. So being on the wrong side of the island or wrong island would not be possible

    • @ghostmost2614
      @ghostmost2614 Před rokem

      If you look at what Indians did for centuries, the men were brutally killed and the women and children were assimilated, unless the kids cried a lot, then they too were killed.

    • @t.c.2776
      @t.c.2776 Před 19 dny +6

      @@jeffbybee5207 that was my first thought... they found the fort empty... if they were on the wrong island they would not have found anything...

    • @rachelann9362
      @rachelann9362 Před 12 dny +1

      The born and bred folks of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay in Accomack County also has a very distinct dialect and lexicon that is often compared to Hoi Tider. With the level of sea rise, Tangier may no longer exist in a generation or two.

  • @rondalee6415
    @rondalee6415 Před 28 dny +32

    We need an American "Time Team" program like they have in UK .

    • @mattmatt6572
      @mattmatt6572 Před 25 dny +3

      They made some American episodes. It wasn't near as good a show they had a different team

    • @georgevaughan1287
      @georgevaughan1287 Před 23 dny +1

      The format doesn’t work with Archeology as it’s practiced in America. They tried to do it once and the vibe was completely different.

    • @asburycollins9182
      @asburycollins9182 Před 17 dny

      There was one once

    • @asburycollins9182
      @asburycollins9182 Před 17 dny

      ​@@mattmatt6572an american show exists. 4 episodes i think

  • @thejoycatcher8189
    @thejoycatcher8189 Před 7 měsíci +10

    My dad’s side of the family is from that area. He was born in Marion. The Poteet/Poteat lines have been around Burke/McDowell counties for hundreds of years. He left in the mid 1940’s after his father past. There are so many cousins I haven’t met. This makes me want to get up there even more! Fascinating! Such an important place in history we didn’t even know existed until pretty recently. It always excites me when truth comes to light. Thank you for sharing!

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před 7 měsíci

      Wow, sounds like you've got a whole family reunion waiting for you up there! Better start planning your trip ASAP before your cousins throw a party without you!

  • @RonHudgens-ck5qe
    @RonHudgens-ck5qe Před 23 dny +23

    My mother's side disappeared from Scotland in the 1300. There is no known record in known historical records of our our beginnings in the America's... But we're here,, that side of my family tree was evolved in what is known as the War of the Roses in England.. Unfortunately we were ONE of the 2 losing sides. Were then kicked out of England and relocated to Scotland.. we were not with pilgrims or any of Columbus.. MY OWN OPINION IS, WE WERE HERE BEFORE COLUMBUS

    • @alexandergutfeldt1144
      @alexandergutfeldt1144 Před 20 dny +1

      War of the Roses: 1455 to 1487,
      Columbus reached the West Indies in 1492
      No quite sure why you mention 1300 ... please elaborate!

    • @R0GUER0CK
      @R0GUER0CK Před 16 dny +3

      Colon knew there were people here from the INDIANS that would crash on Portugese beaches.. shhh. The Dutch were going to Brazil to get IronWood for ships. Decades before Colombus. shhhh. His name was Colon he was Portugese and Catalan and Jewish.

    • @californiadreamin8423
      @californiadreamin8423 Před 11 dny

      Hi Ron…..you need to know that the best thing to come out of Yorkshire was going into Lancashire !! ( from the other side of the pond )

    • @williamhermann6635
      @williamhermann6635 Před 9 dny

      Your ancestors were likely Knight's Templars.

  • @stanleymillen2536
    @stanleymillen2536 Před 15 dny +6

    My son found a Spanish coin I think it's called a cob in gloucester va while metal detecting.

  • @kdugg
    @kdugg Před 13 dny +3

    I come from the Berry family, the Berry name is a surname of the Lumbee tribe in Nc. I am also a descendant of the Drake family.

  • @ordyhorizonrivieredunord712

    In the early days of French colonisation, there was a place they called Belle Rivière where they had a small settlement the story said that was situated in Northern Florida and when the Spanish discovered it they killed all the French inhabitants to prevent any of them to escape and go for reinforcement to the French up North. I can't recall the source of this information yet I believe it's well founded as the French and the Spaniards were engaged in fierce competition in those days. I wouldn't be surprised if you found French artefacts as well amongst these ruins. ⚜

  • @udonenomee2117
    @udonenomee2117 Před měsícem +7

    It’s good to see that Opie Taylor went on to get a good education and pursue a career in a field he enjoys.

  • @alanwareham7391
    @alanwareham7391 Před rokem +8

    John Cabot in the Mathew explored the US coast in 1497 which was many years before Drake and not long after Columbus landed on the Island of Hispaniola, and the same as today they would have used pottery and other storage items from all over Europe to keep food in but they would have been discarded when they were empty as not all were essential to supply the ship , I think that these are more likely to have been used by a small expedition rather than any permanent settlement .in 1498 Cabot went on another expedition with 5 ships and 300 men but then records fade as to what happened to them although it is rumoured that one ship was found in Ireland but the mystery is what happened to the other ships and more intriguingly did these men make it to America

  • @jessicaluffman375
    @jessicaluffman375 Před 2 dny +1

    I'm so glad to call north Carolina my home ❤

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před 5 hodinami

      I appreciate your kind words. North Carolina truly holds a special place in my heart.

  • @Revolver1701
    @Revolver1701 Před 18 dny +3

    I worked on the Spanish mission site on Amelia Island. The Spanish had and extensive system of missions in the new world. The mission on Amelia island was burned by the English.

  • @DeadBlonde_80
    @DeadBlonde_80 Před 2 dny +1

    I’m from San Juan Capistrano and we learn about the Spanish, Conquistador and the mission system. It was very sad. But yeah, California has the missions built in 1600-1700.

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před 5 hodinami

      Thank you for sharing your knowledge about the mission system in San Juan Capistrano.

  • @jerryjones188
    @jerryjones188 Před 11 dny +2

    That was some very interesting and enlightening information, well presented. Thank you. I would love to see some of those ancient Spanish documents translated to English as they pertain to your research, maybe with some more modern maps with current landmarks or towns and cities. Not to go snooping, just to get a better gist of the area of topic. I am from NC with strong ties to Catawba, Lincoln and other nearby counties. I live out west. There is plenty Spanish colonial history for me to chase right here where I live.

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před 11 dny

      Your appreciation means a lot to me, thank you for taking the time to watch and engage with the content.

  • @user-dy7iq6cx3r
    @user-dy7iq6cx3r Před rokem +15

    In the discussions of early settlements , why is the French huegonot colony of the delamuse ships never mentioned. Manakintown Virginia was one. Of the first colonies around 1608, and research is seldom shared or spoken about this settlement. What happened there and it’s settlers. Please someone with information concerning this topic speak out. Thanks

    • @jeffreyrobinson3555
      @jeffreyrobinson3555 Před 24 dny +2

      We also here very little on Basque fishing settlements in north east coast that possibly are precolumbian

  • @Paumanokcom
    @Paumanokcom Před 17 dny +3

    The local story here is the tribe had traded with the Spanish in 1548. They traded peaches for silver. This was written down, translated, and used as a guide for the state's modern founder in 1700.

  • @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no
    @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no Před měsícem +3

    My goodness yes, my Jamestowne Fort family information always said although they came in 1608, there were Spaniards here first. In VA I came across a friend there who found old Spanish coins in VA

  • @Pudentame
    @Pudentame Před měsícem +3

    I can't help but notice the Pardo expedition through the Waxhaws overlaps with John Lawson's later expedition.

    • @roscoeshepard
      @roscoeshepard Před 4 dny

      I live in Surry County NC. I was told years ago that someone Pardo's men had a settlement in the Beulah area of Surry. There is a small community there call Ladonia.

  • @daleross9001
    @daleross9001 Před 16 dny +2

    That was fascinating who would have thought love history Thank you🤠🌞

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před 14 dny

      Thank you for watching and appreciating the historical content! It means a lot.

  • @joelcanfield9987
    @joelcanfield9987 Před rokem +5

    Fascinating research !

  • @jeffreyrobinson3555
    @jeffreyrobinson3555 Před 24 dny +2

    Asked a lot of questions but only as interest in your findings not doubting your findings

  • @1ntwndrboy198
    @1ntwndrboy198 Před 10 měsíci +5

    What was interesting to me about Jamestown is how the tobacco plants they bought with them. They were from Malaysia and had earthworms which totally changed the ecology almost overnight 👍✌️

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před 10 měsíci +1

      Thank you for sharing that!

    • @jeffreyrobinson3555
      @jeffreyrobinson3555 Před 24 dny +1

      This is interesting, I understood the tobacco came from the Caribbean.
      Where did you get that information, I would like to learn more

    • @willbass2869
      @willbass2869 Před 22 dny +2

      Tobacco is a New World plant.
      From Wikipedia:
      Source plant(s)
      Nicotiana
      Part(s) of plant
      Leaf
      Geographic origin
      The Americas

    • @roscoeshepard
      @roscoeshepard Před 4 dny

      ​@@jeffreyrobinson3555that's what I had learned years ago. There was tobacco here but the tobacco from the Caribbean is what was planted in Jamestown for exportation back to England.

    • @jeffreyrobinson3555
      @jeffreyrobinson3555 Před 4 dny

      @@roscoeshepard North American tobacco is a little harsher in flavor than Caribbean tobacco, and Caribbean was what was raised in Jamestown. Within fifty years Virginia bright was its own breed.
      I was wondering about the stated Malaysian earthworms mentioned above.
      I can’t find any reference to Asian tobacco production before the late seventeenth century.

  • @cindysplace
    @cindysplace Před 14 dny +2

    It always has been a curiosity to me as to how easily and successfully that the Spanish traveled, explored and settled unknown countries as opposed to the English who seemed to struggle and suffer and many times fail to do the same.

    • @daveweiss5647
      @daveweiss5647 Před 14 dny +2

      The Spanish did have many catastrophic disasters, especially north of modern day Mexico, but I think the two main reasons for their success were... They had the backing of the rich and powerful Spanish state and the equally rich and powerful Catholic Church where in contrast the English expeditions/colonies though operating under Royal charter were essentially private companies relying on private investors for logistics and support... and probably more importantly... the places where they had most success were already the locations of well established successful civilizations like the Incas, Maya and Aztecs so already had infrastructure, cities, agriculture and trade networks, etc. That they could rely on to support them... they weren't essentially building everything from scratch but instead taking over existing structures and rebuilding them.

  • @JohnnyButtons
    @JohnnyButtons Před rokem +6

    I never realized the Spanish built and occupied so many fortifications in the 1500s in North Carolina. Makes me wonder if Spain had expeditions into the Midatlantic region or even the piedmont region or Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, or was NC the farthest they made it.

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před rokem +3

      Great question!

    • @kdugg
      @kdugg Před 13 dny

      We are all over the Appalachian mountains. Melungeons are what we are known as today. I am a descendant of the Berry family myself.

  • @jeffreyrobinson3555
    @jeffreyrobinson3555 Před 24 dny +3

    What about cross bow points. Guns were still real crude at this time
    Can you date lead shot?, can you tell its point of origin?

  • @SocketSlinger
    @SocketSlinger Před 15 dny +1

    ISO help with a decent map overlay particularly for Eastern Burke county. I find some interesting stuff in here and there and have been told that one of the main trading roads and then wagon road went through my grandfathers, father's and my property. Any help would be appreciated. Ty in advance.

  • @arvettadelashmit9337
    @arvettadelashmit9337 Před 13 dny +1

    I remember that much older human bodies were found in a swamp that went back farther. These were of French descent from tests..They think these people may have walked on the ice cap from Europe into what is now Florida (where they found a better place to live). As more time goes by, more will be found that may help prove continental drift.

  • @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no
    @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no Před měsícem

    I wonder if you could find Spanish artifacts at the Old Williamsburg pottery, if they actually found the clay there first. It used to have an old Colonial home there. It's in Williamsburg VA. Old Spanish coins in Ashland ?

  • @SharonLaBolle-u6d
    @SharonLaBolle-u6d Před 3 dny +1

    I have long believed the English colony was frightened away when they observed Spanish ships approaching, and elected to escape with friendly Indians. Surely they must have heard about the massacre at Matanzas Bay in Florida, where 300 French Huguenots were killed by Spanish from St. Augustine.

  • @shrimpie202
    @shrimpie202 Před 24 dny +2

    Love Spain its music horses art people but we must thank our lucky stars they left. Nothing they ever settled is very stable . Ugh the Inquisition the Counterreformation - we dodged a bullet 😅

  • @tathamsvids2095
    @tathamsvids2095 Před měsícem +2

    That is an intersting perspective of the Spanish having a distorted view of the geography in the hopes of finding an overland route to Mexixo. Since the Spanish were also pushing deep into the American Southwest is this what led to the Spanish leaving the area. Were the Spanish still in the area when Roanoke Island was first founded or had the Spanish left it by then? This also helps better explain why the interior was so depopulated.

  • @jeffreyrobinson3555
    @jeffreyrobinson3555 Před 24 dny +1

    Did Spain make beads? Or did they import them from the same sources in Italy or Chekoslovicia so could the beads have been French or English in origin

  • @shrimpie202
    @shrimpie202 Před 24 dny +1

    And remember… there is gold here in WNC !

  • @justdoingit.43
    @justdoingit.43 Před rokem +4

    Why are you saying this is the oldest Spanish settlement in North America when everything I see about it online says 1567 and the Spanish settlement in St Augustine was built in 1565

    • @manso998
      @manso998 Před 5 měsíci +2

      And the Spanish settlement of San Geronimo III at Suya was in 1541 in what is now Arizona, even earlier than St Augustine

  • @MylesFCorcoran
    @MylesFCorcoran Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thank you

  • @leathers970
    @leathers970 Před 17 dny +1

    My ancestor moses leathers fought in the revolutionary war was born in Virginia in 1602.

    • @Christofurr
      @Christofurr Před 15 dny +1

      He was born in 1602 and fought in the revolution after 1775? 🤔

  • @treadlesewingnana3897
    @treadlesewingnana3897 Před rokem +3

    Here in ky temps are warm lol. My favorite soft drink is Vernors. I have to hunt for it here in Kentucky.

  • @jeffreyrobinson3555
    @jeffreyrobinson3555 Před 24 dny +1

    ‘Sweet oil’ ie olive oil was available in England what are the chances these olive pots came from Spain to France, or Netherlands then to England to America?
    There are Roman coins in America, but I would lay money that they came here in English pockets

  • @jeannieheard1465
    @jeannieheard1465 Před 22 dny

    Bait and Switch. Why not post a heading, "Amelia's Electra search pays off in somewhere else nearby at one time"?

  • @jsigur157
    @jsigur157 Před 15 dny +1

    Spain colonial dominance began coming to an end due to the Spanish Inquisition occurring in 1500 which removed a huge population of people who often had deep pockets to invest in New World exploration. This began transferring, first, to Amsterdam and then a hundred years later, to England as England defeated Holland in a war and basically were handed New York but this was a bit smoke and mirrors because the East India type companies investors again decided that London was a better place to operate were legally able to do so when Jews were allowed into England for the first time, legally, in the last 300, in the year1650 thanks to a Amsterdam banker financed English Revolution, the 1st revolution that was actually the mother of ours and the French Revolutions.
    With the arrival of these bankers, excuses were made to change black slave status from 7 years of servitude, to life. To further separate the poor races of whites and blacks, segregation laws were iplemented after a joint uprising that took over the town colony of Jamestown for about a year till the king could deliver reinforcements.

  • @stewarthyson4285
    @stewarthyson4285 Před 13 dny

    Stories of the newly discovered past are fascinating. However, open your eyes to the truth in respect to all of North America, and not to some small backyard in USA. The Vikings arrived in Newfoundland and established a settlement in 1000 or so.

  • @chabirandjeanmarc7032
    @chabirandjeanmarc7032 Před rokem +2

    Don't forget fort caroline a french fort 1562-1565 destroyed by spanish

    • @ExploringCreationVids
      @ExploringCreationVids  Před 7 měsíci +1

      Thank you so much watching

    • @tathamsvids2095
      @tathamsvids2095 Před měsícem

      Is that the French Fort north of St Augustine? I remembered reading about it, but you don't see much about it

    • @ordyhorizonrivieredunord712
      @ordyhorizonrivieredunord712 Před 27 dny

      @@tathamsvids2095 The place called Belle Rivière, I don't know how this river would be callled nowadays was a place where there was a French settlement destroyed by the Spanish according to a source I can't recall. No Frenchman survived from there to tell the tale. ⚜

  • @Skystone123
    @Skystone123 Před rokem +1

    Did you do any metal detecting? Where's all of that evidence?

  • @asburycollins9182
    @asburycollins9182 Před 17 dny +2

    Lanse aux meadow clearly first...

  • @shrimpie202
    @shrimpie202 Před 24 dny +2

    The Marsh tacky horse is traced to 100% Iberian DNA from these explorers . Underappreciated due to the Black Legend but worthy

  • @shrimpie202
    @shrimpie202 Před 24 dny +1

    The Spanish were not founding colonies tho - these were forts looking for gold! Thank goodness we’re not them because that model led to … Latin America . Much better under the anglos

  • @JR-sq2of
    @JR-sq2of Před 28 dny +1

    Enough with the Indiana Jones Fedoras. You're embarrassing yourself.

    • @jameskelly9800
      @jameskelly9800 Před 27 dny +3

      LOL! As someone who works in the hot sun, and not an archaeologist, I must say a full brimmed hat is essential. I have several made in felt, straw or cotton. Indiana Jones is art imitating life, not the other way 'round.

    • @ordyhorizonrivieredunord712
      @ordyhorizonrivieredunord712 Před 27 dny +2

      Don't be jealous, you can always buy one for yourself. I have a felt one I really appreciate especially when it rains and it really makes me feel like Indiana Jones. ⚜

    • @shrimpie202
      @shrimpie202 Před 24 dny +1

      Rather a mean spirited comment . Indian Jones is a film that copied real field archaeologists!

  • @claudevarin6601
    @claudevarin6601 Před 25 dny

    STOP using indian word

    • @shrimpie202
      @shrimpie202 Před 24 dny +1

      These gentlemen are educated enough to not have to be “woke” it’s not said with disrespect.

    • @nicholaspullen7261
      @nicholaspullen7261 Před 22 dny

      NO

  • @shrimpie202
    @shrimpie202 Před 24 dny +1

    The Marsh tacky horse is traced to 100% Iberian DNA from these explorers . Underappreciated due to the Black Legend but worthy