Andrew Eubanks — The Lost Historian

  Original art from MPI/Hulton Archive/Getty Images This article continues from the previous entry in the History of America series, "The Lost Colony: The Story of Roanoke." The English colony of Roanoke had been left alone. Their leader, John White, was stuck in England as the Anglo-Spanish War raged across the seas. But Roanoke, according to one theory, wasn’t a place of refuge where one could find peace at this moment. On the contrary, it was currently being raided and destroyed by an invading force of natives. Historically, Roanoke sat in a delicate balance of the formerly friendly Croatan tribe and the traditionally hostile Secotan tribe. But this group of natives, or American Indians, were different. They weren’t Croatan and they weren’t Secotan but they were destroying everything the English had built. In fact, though the English did not know it, this new group of invaders had already conquered and consumed the Secotans, the English colonists’ historical nemesis. Thi

  Original illustration by North Wind Picture Archives As an American and as a history writer, I feel that I have a need to write about, review and elaborate upon the history of the American nation of which I am a part. While the United States of America, as a country, is a multicultural realm (like many, if not all, other states), there remains a core group—a core nation to its history. As the world's sole superpower, the United States plays a key role in the modern day. Understanding this core nation to the United States, therefore, is key in understanding our entire modern world.  This is not to minimize the other peoples and nations who play a great role in the history of the United States, namely the American Indians who were present before the current American nation, nor the Spanish who explored the region before the current American nation nor later waves of immigrants. But to understand the history of the American nation, one must start with the earliest actors from whose