
Sir Francis Drake.
From the painting in Trinity House, London.
GRENVILLE'S FIFTEEN MEN. Shortly after Drake and the
colonists had sailed, a supply ship sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh
arrived at Hatoraske and after searching in vain for the colonists
returned to England. About a fortnight after Raleigh's ship had left,
Grenville arrived with three ships and likewise searched in vain for the
colonists. Grenville found the places of colonial settlement desolate,
but being "unwilling to loose the possession of the country which
Englishmen had so long held," he left 15 men on Roanoke Island, fully
provisioned for 2 years, to hold the country for the Queen while he
returned to England.
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