Croatan

The Croatan, or Hatteras, were an Algonquian-speaking people of the North Carolina coast and Outer Banks, including Hatteras and Roanoke islands.

They met English settlers in 1585, and their leader Manteo allied with the Roanoke colonists. In 1590 John White found the colony deserted, with Croatoan carved into a palisade. An estimated 80 remained in 1701. They joined the colonists in the 1711 Tuscarora War, suffering heavy losses and displacement.