# The colonists moved about fifty miles west to the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River and settled in dispersed…

> Most likely: The colonists moved about fifty miles west to the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River and settled in dispersed farms near friendly towns.

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# The colonists moved about fifty miles west to the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River and settled in dispersed…

The colonists moved about fifty miles west to the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River and settled in dispersed farms near friendly towns.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Elizabethan domestic material in sealed contexts along the Chowan.
- The hidden fort symbol on White's map marks the intended destination.

## What would rule it out

- All English material at the Chowan sites securely dated to Jamestown-era trade.

## Evidence 3 for · 1 against

[A fort symbol lies under a patch on White's map at the west end of Albemarle Sound.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCC9T016D9/a-fort-symbol-lies-under-a-patch-on-whites-map-at-the-west)

Supported

FOR

[Site X gave English sherds possibly of the late 16th century and an Augsburg cloth seal; Site Y gave more…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCA1T51HY/site-x-gave-english-sherds-possibly-of-the-late-16th-century)

Suggestive

FOR

[The colonists told White in 1587 that they planned to move fifty miles into the mainland.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCC9J63GPG/the-colonists-told-white-in-1587-that-they-planned-to-move)

Established

FOR

[No sealed 16th-century context or structure; ploughed soil; later traders could have left the pottery.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCA9M6AZ8/no-sealed-16th-century-context-or-structure-ploughed-soil)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What happened to the colonists left on Roanoke Island in 1587?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/questions/QST0CQCC6W858JF/what-happened-to-the-colonists-left-on-roanoke-island-in)

Most likelyThe colony split; a small party went to Croatoan to watch for ships and the main body moved inland

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The colonists moved about fifty miles west to the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River and settled in dispersed… [Answer ANS0CQCC9AC0EJH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CQCC9AC0EJH
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