The Legend of the White Doe by William H. Hooks

Wenaudon obliged the young brave by providing him with a magic oyster shell-tipped arrow. He traveled to the shores of Lake Mattamuskeet to consult with Wenaudon, a mighty medicine man known to be Chico's rival. In the meantime, the heartbroken Okisko sought to reclaim his lost love. Sometimes the doe gazed toward the sea as if longing for the return of John White. During the years that followed, the magnificent animal was seen moving gracefully about the island landscape. Using his powerful magic, Chico cast a spell on the young woman, transforming her into a snow-white doe. When she rejected Chico, a sly old witch doctor, he resolved that if he could not have her love, no one would. Many of the local Indians competed for Winona, but she chose the handsome Okisko. Under the tutelage of Manteo, she learned the ways of the forest as she grew into womanhood. Virginia's parents died, and Manteo's people cared for the little girl, whom they called Winona. Manteo, another Indian who visited England with White, rescued the Dare family. Among the few survivors of the massacre were Ananias and Eleanor Dare and their daughter, Virginia. According to legend, not long after White's departure, Wanchese, one of the local Indians who visited England with White, launched an attack against the colonists. Nine days after the birth of the child, Virginia's grandfather John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony, set sail for England in an attempt to obtain assistance for the colonists.

1587 and the first child of English parentage born in the New World. The most popular of these tales concerns Virginia Dare, born on Roanoke Island on 18 Aug. The mysterious disappearance between 15 of the English colonists on Roanoke Island, known as the ' Lost Colony,' spawned numerous legends and ghost stories among the people who later settled in coastal North Carolina.

The Legend of the White Doe by William H. Hooks