difficult to ascend, and their small store of provisions was
exhausted by the time they had reached where the town of
Williamston now stands. They could procure none from the
Tuscaroras, who dwelt upon the banks, and, while in this dilemma,
the savages made a night attack upon their camp, and with great
difficulty the adventurers succeeded in escaping destruction.

9. Thus perished Governor Lane's dreams of gold. He hurried back
to Roanoke and soon found the hostility of the Tuscaroras
extending to the tribe under Wingina. Granganimeo was dead, and
Manteo was the only Indian of any influence who manifested
friendship for the colonists. They had previously brought an
abundance of fish, game and fruits; but these supplies now
ceased, and Governor Lane realized that he was surrounded by a
people who had become his enemies.

1586.

10. By some means he discovered that Wingina was concerting with
the Tuscaroras for an attack upon Roanoke Island. Concealing
this knowledge, he invited the unsuspecting plotter to come, with
certain of his people, to a feast at the City of Raleigh. They
accepted the invitation, and Wingina, with eight of his headmen,
was put to death. This occurred on the first of June, 1586.

11. This was a stern and bloody punishment of their foes, but it
gave the white men deliverance from attack until Sir Francis
Drake came, with a large fleet, and anchored in Trinity Harbor,
finding the colony almost in a perishing condition.