<P> English Scientist Thomas Harriot recorded the sense of awe with which the Native Americans viewed European technology: </P> <P> Manteo and Wanchese had different reactions to the English, Manteo took great interest in Western Civilization . Manteo learned the English language and helped Harriot create a phonetic transcription for the Croatoan language, the Croatoan transcription was later destroyed in the Great Fire of London 1666 . By contrast, Wanchese came to see the English as his captors; upon returning home in 1585 he incited his people to resist colonization at all costs . Despite the Lost Colony story line there is no documentation that Wanchese became a leader of his people . The legacy of the two Indians and their distinct roles of collaborators and antagonists to the English inspired the names of Roanoke's towns . </P> <P> The first attempted settlement was headed by Ralph Lane in 1585 . Sir Richard Grenville had transported the colonists to Virginia and returned to England for supplies as planned . The colonists were desperately in need of supplies and Grenville's return was delayed . While awaiting his return, the colonists relied heavily upon a local Algonquian tribe . In an effort to gain more food supplies, Lane led an unprovoked attack, killing the Secotan tribe's chieftain Wingina and effectively cutting off the colony's primary food source . </P> <P> As a result, when Sir Francis Drake put in at Roanoke after attacking the Spanish colony of St. Augustine, the entire population abandoned the colony and returned with Drake to England . Sir Richard Grenville later arrived with supplies only to see Lane's abandoned colony . Grenville left fifteen soldiers to guard the fort who were killed or driven away by a Roanoke raid led by Wanchese . Grenville returned to England taking with him the Native American Raleigh . </P>

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