The Return of Raleigh's Men

    It was Summer, 1585 by the time Raleigh's men returned to Secotan land.  Now was the time for them to build their fort.  Raleigh had a cousin--Sir Richard Grenville--who led the voyage.  Accompanying him was a man named Ralph Lane.  They were not similar in one single way which was probably the main rease they didn't got along at all.  They actually acted as if they were like enemies.  Grenville appreciated the Secota people while Lane tortured and killed them.

    Meanwhile, in England, the population was exploding.  Streets and homew were overcrowded while the Thames River was overfished. 

    Grenville was returning to the land of the Secota, bringing home two Secotans who had travelled to England with him to act as ambassadors.  They were greeted by a crowd on the beach. 

    While there they traded with the people.  They noticed in the town on Pomeioc the richness of the land and soil.  Many of the Englishmen were jealous of the glorious lake as they watched the Secota play and all the wildlife wade or swim through the water.  They were jealous though because the heat was so intense and they couldn't go in the water as most English people couldn't swim. 

    The artist, John White, made two maps of the great lake.