<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_(colonist_and_artist)" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John White (colonist and artist)">John White</a>, the governor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roanoke Colony">Roanoke Colony</a>, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.<sup about="#mwt43" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_18#cite_note-6" id="mwSQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwSg">[6]</span></a></sup>
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