Croatoan (other)
Croatoan may refer to: *Croatoan Island (now ''Hatteras Island'') on the Outer Banks of North Carolina *Croatan tribe, alternately spelled "Croatoan" *The word "Croatoan", found carved into a tree on Roanoke Island at the site of the Lost Colony in 1590 * "Croatoan" (Ellison), a 1975 short story by Harlan Ellison * "Croatoan" (Supernatural), an episode of the U.S. television series *Croatoan, a character in the Syfy series '' Haven'' played by William Shatner See also *Croatan (other) *Croatian (other) Croatian may refer to: *Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ...

Croatoan Island
Hatteras Island (historically Croatoan Island) is a barrier island located off the North Carolina coast. Dividing the Atlantic Ocean and the Pamlico Sound Pamlico Sound ( ) is a lagoon in North Carolina which is the largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, extending long and 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) wide. It is part of a large, interconnected network of lagoon estuaries that i ..., it runs parallel to the coast, forming a bend at Cape Hatteras. It is part of North Carolina's Outer Banks and includes the communities of Rodanthe, North Carolina, Rodanthe, Waves, North Carolina, Waves, Salvo, North Carolina, Salvo, Avon, North Carolina, Avon, Buxton, North Carolina, Buxton, Frisco, North Carolina, Frisco, and Hatteras, North Carolina, Hatteras. It contains the largest part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Prior to European settlement the island was inhabited by Hatteras Indians, Croatoan Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans. The i ...
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Croatan
The Croatan were a small Native American ethnic group living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina. They might have been a branch of the larger Roanoke people or allied with them. The Croatan lived in current Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island, Ocracoke Island, and parts of the Outer Banks, including Hatteras Island. The Croatan people who exist today live in Cumberland, Sampson, and Harnett counties predominantly. The chiefs, called werowances ("he who is rich"), controlled from 1 to 18 towns. The greatest were able to muster 700 or 800 fighting men. Chiefs and their families were held in great status and with respect, but they were not all powerful. In order for any particular direction from leadership to be followed through, chiefs had first to convince their followers that said course of action or cause was wise/in the tribe's best interest. The role of the chief was to spread the wealth to his tribe, ...
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Lost Colony
The establishment of the Roanoke Colony ( ) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The English, led by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had briefly claimed St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1583 as the first English territory in North America at the royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I, but Gilbert was lost at sea on his return journey to England. Roanoke colony was founded by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in what is now Dare County, North Carolina, United States. Lane's colony was troubled by a lack of supplies and poor relations with the local Native Americans. While awaiting a delayed resupply mission by Sir Richard Grenville, Lane abandoned the colony and returned to England with Sir Francis Drake in 1586. Grenville arrived two weeks later and also returned home, leaving behind a small detachment to protect Raleigh's claim. Following the failure of the 1585 settlement, a second expedition, led by Joh ...
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Croatoan (Ellison)
"Croatoan" is a short story by American writer Harlan Ellison, published in 1975 in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', and both anthologized in '' Strange Wine'' and released in an illustrated version in '' Heavy Metal'' in 1978. The story won a Locus Award. The story is also used for a specimen of analysis by Stephen King in ''Danse Macabre''. Plot summary Gabe is forced by a hysterical girlfriend to descend into New York City's sewers, into which he has just flushed her aborted fetus. Arriving there, he finds that fetuses populate the sewers, astride similarly disposed-of crocodiles, and the word "Croatoan", crudely lettered on a wall near the entrance to the sewer. Reception "Croatoan" won the 1976 Locus Award for Best Short StoryLocus Award
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Croatoan (Supernatural)
The second season of '' Supernatural'', an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered on September 28, 2006, and concluded on May 17, 2007, airing 22 episodes. The season focuses on protagonists Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) as they track down Azazel, the demon responsible for the deaths of their mother Mary and father John. They attempt to discover the demon's plan for Sam and other psychic children—young adults who were visited by Azazel as infants and given abilities, and whose mothers often then died in a fire. During their travels, they use their father's journal to help them carry on the family business—saving people and hunting supernatural creatures. The season aired on Thursdays at 9:00 pm ET in the United States, and was the first season to air on The CW television network, a joint venture of The WB and UPN. The previous season was broadcast on The WB. It averaged only about 3.14 million A ...
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Haven (TV Series)
''Haven'' was a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel ''The Colorado Kid'' (2005). The show, which dealt with strange events in a fictional town in Maine named Haven, was filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, and was an American/Canadian co-production. It starred Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Nicholas Campbell and Eric Balfour, whose characters struggle to help townspeople with supernatural afflictions and protect the town from the effects of those afflictions. The show was the creation of writers Jim Dunn and Sam Ernst. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy, and concluded on December 17, 2015. In August 2015, Syfy canceled the series after five seasons. Premise When FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) is dispatched to the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she finds herself becoming increasingly involved in the return of "The Troubles", a plague of supernatural afflictions that have occurred in ...
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Croatan (other)
The Croatan were an Algonkian tribe living in what is now the Carolinas. Croatan may also mean: *Croatan Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, neighborhood of Virginia Beach *Croatan Sound, an inlet on the North Carolina coast *Croatan National Forest, a national forest in North Carolina *Croatan High School, a public secondary school near Croatan National Forest * USS ''Croatan'', two American aircraft carriers of that name *Croatan (World of Darkness), an extinct tribe of werewolves in the roleplaying game ''Werewolf: The Apocalypse'' *Croatan, a 2005 studio album by Philadelphia metal band Starkweather released by Candlelight Records in 2006 See also * Croatoan (other) *Croatian (other) Croatian may refer to: *Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ...