Scott Dawson is the author of, The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island. Scott was raised on Hatteras Island and calls it home to this day. Besides being an author of several books, he’s also a historian and amateur archaeologist.

Having grown up on Hatteras Island, Scott Dawson saw artifacts and heard stories from his ancestors and friends regarding the Croatoan Indians.

In his book he explains how Croatoan was a stand-alone island where Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras are currently located. It was a stand-alone island because there was an inlet somewhere around the north side of Buxton.

In his research, Scott Dawson cites multiple examples of evidence proving that the English who were left on Roanoke Island went to Croatoan and were assimilated in to the tribe with the help of their native friend, Manteo. The English had been to Croatoan two other times so they were familiar with the area and had created friendships with the Natives. Nobody was lost and there is no mystery.

Besides written evidence the Croatoan Archaeology Society has performed several, successful digs on Hatteras Island, giving them physical proof that the colonists were here.