The setting -- The colonists land on Roanoke Island -- The colonists stay on the island when John White goes for help -- The colony divides -- John White returns in 1590 -- The long desertion of the colonists -- The Chesapeake Settlement : conjectures -- The colonists believed alive, 1603-1605 -- The colony and the Chesapeake Tribe destroyed -- The search for survivors -- The last search - and an epilogue -- The value of the sources.