Sir Walter Raleighs Lost Colony An Historical Sketch of the Attempts of Sir Wa
Sir Walter Raleighs Lost Colony An Historical Sketch of the Attempts of Sir Wa
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The name Lumber, as applied to the river, was originally Lumbee or Lombee, The name Manteo is not familiar to them. While they have a tradition of their leader or chief who went to England, yet the3^ have preserved no name for him. The nearest ajjproach to the name Manteo, is Maino or Mainor. An old woman, whom we interviewed, spoke of their great man as IVon- oke^ This name may be a corruption of Roanoke, for wc must remember Manteo was made Lord of Roanoke, Mattamuskeet \ Lake, according to a... tradition preserved by these Indians, was a burnt lake or lake caused by water filling a hole burnt in the ground. We are indebted for this tradition to an aged gentleman 1^ of Robeson county who was familiar with the traditions of the tribe from about 1820 to 1824. He mentioned several persons who represented that they were descended from Mattamuskeet Indians who were taken prisoners, in the war between the Whites and Tuscaroras, by the tribe on the Lumber river. These Matta- muskeets could locate the dwelling places of their ancestors who lived in what is now Hyde county, in the vicinit3' ^* Mattamus- keet L?ke.
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The name Lumber, as applied to the river, was originally Lumbee or Lombee, The name Manteo is not familiar to them. While they have a tradition of their leader or chief who went to England, yet the3^ have preserved no name for him. The nearest ajjproach to the name Manteo, is Maino or Mainor. An old woman, whom we interviewed, spoke of their great man as IVon- oke^ This name may be a corruption of Roanoke, for wc must remember Manteo was made Lord of Roanoke, Mattamuskeet \ Lake, according to a... tradition preserved by these Indians, was a burnt lake or lake caused by water filling a hole burnt in the ground. We are indebted for this tradition to an aged gentleman 1^ of Robeson county who was familiar with the traditions of the tribe from about 1820 to 1824. He mentioned several persons who represented that they were descended from Mattamuskeet Indians who were taken prisoners, in the war between the Whites and Tuscaroras, by the tribe on the Lumber river. These Matta- muskeets could locate the dwelling places of their ancestors who lived in what is now Hyde county, in the vicinit3' ^* Mattamus- keet L?ke.
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