sentences:  The first known use of the phrase "The Lost Colony" to describe the 1587 Roanoke settlement was by Eliza Lanesford Cushing in an 1837 historical romance, "Virginia Dare; or, the Lost Colony".Cushing also appears to be the first to cast White's granddaughter being reared by Native Americans following the massacre of the other colonists, and to focus on her adventures as a beautiful young woman.In 1840, Cornelia Tuthill published a similar story, introducing the conceit of Virginia wearing the skin of a white doe.