Two days after the English arrived, the Secotan people inhabiting the area allowed themselves to be noticed for the first time.  They were on the beach...almost as if they had no fear in their strange visitors.  Barlowe accompanied by several other men rowed ashore...

    The English first arrived in Secotan land in the summer of 1584.  Two ships had been sent by Sir Walter Raleigh--one captained by Amadas and the other by a man named Barlowe.  Simon Fernandez was a Portuguese pilot that accompanied them.  They traveled...