Could the Lost Colony of Roanoke have made way to the Caribbean?

Answer 1

Very unlikely. They were having trouble suriving on their own as it was. A trekk of that magnitute would have likely ended in trajedy.
It is still widely believed that they joined a colony of natives on an island near Roanoke called the "Croatoan."

Answer 2

I kind of doubt it.

What little is known seems to indicate assimilation with one or more Native American groups--during the first census in 1790, there were a number of Native Americans in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia who had last names that were the same as those of the so-called Lost Colonists. Moreover, these groups often had members with much lighter hair and skin tone, and often blue or gray eyes. They spoke of ancestors who "talked in a book," and frequently carved crosses on coffins of their dead (and coffins were an Old World practice, too).

Also, the Lumbee ethnic group, found in southern North Carolina (notably in the counties of Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland, as well as some in Cumberland and Bladen), has long claimed to be descended from the Roanoke colonists.

Answer 3

Are you asking if they Could or Did? I think the answer to both is no. At the time they disappeared they were not even able to feed themselves much less build a boat or take on foot travel of that length. It is commonly believed that they were taken in and assimilated by a group of native Americans.

Answer 4

If they could have, why would they have wanted to?

Baserunner is telling you the tribes were the Flatheads of the Platte river plateau. They were found by the Lewis and Clark expedition to have many members with blond hair and blue eyes but, the history was lost to time.

Answer 5

They now know what happened to it but the State of North Carolina feels going public would ruin tourism. They have done DNA tests among the Indians have found the English blood lines.

Answer 6

sure, they could have made a dug out canoe or three and sailed for a few weeks across the open ocean, then HID the fact when they arrived at some port in the Carribean, because who would want to be famous for surviving such a voyage?

Answer 7

I wish I could tell you where but a tribe was later found with members having blond hair and blue eyes which could only have been explained by the roanoakes intermarrying with the tribe. they probably formed an alliance with them out of survival.

Answer 8

These people were trapped on the island with very few supplies. They had no means to sail to the Caribbean.