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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" (short story), 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) The Croatan The Croatan were a small Native Americans in the United States, 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 (tribe), Roanoke people or ... * Croatian (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Croatoan Island
Hatteras Island (historically Croatoan Island, sometimes referred to as Hatorask) is a barrier island located off the North Carolina coast. Dividing the Atlantic Ocean and the Pamlico Sound, 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 island has a land area of and a population of 4,322, as of the United States Census, 2000, 2010 census. It lies in parts of Kinnakeet Township, Dare County, North Carolina, Kinnakeet Township and Hatteras Township, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Croatan
The Croatan were a small Native Americans in the United States, 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 (tribe), Roanoke people or allied with them. The Croatan lived in current Dare County, North Carolina, Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River (North Carolina), Alligator River, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island, Ocracoke Island, and parts of the Outer Banks, including Hatteras Island. The Croatan people who exist today live predominantly in Cumberland County, North Carolina, Cumberland, Sampson County, North Carolina, Sampson, and Harnett County, North Carolina, Harnett counties. The chiefs, called Weroance, werowances ("he who is rich"), each controlled up to 18 towns. The greatest were able to muster 700 or 800 fighting men. Chiefs and their families were held in great status and received respect, but they were not all-powerful. To pursue a collective goal, chiefs h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lost Colony
The Roanoke Colony ( ) refers to two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colony was established at Roanoke Island in 1585 as a military outpost, and was evacuated in 1586. The more famous second colony, known as the Lost Colony, began when a new group of settlers under John White (colonist and artist), John White arrived on the island in 1587; a relief ship in 1590 found the colony mysteriously abandoned. The fate of the 112 to 121 colonists remains unknown. Roanoke Colony was founded by Governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in present-day Dare County, North Carolina. Lane's colony was troubled by a lack of supplies and poor relations with some of the local Native Americans in the United States, Indian tribes. A resupply mission by Sir Richard Grenville was delayed, so Lane abandoned the colony and returned to England with Sir Francis Drake in 1586. Grenville arrived two weeks later and also return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Croatoan (short Story)
"Croatoan" is a short story by American writer Harlan Ellison published in 1975 in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', and anthologized in ''Strange Wine''; an illustrated version appeared in '' Heavy Metal'' in 1978. The story won a Locus Award. The story is also used as 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 , at '' |
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 Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Haven (TV Series)
''Haven'' is a supernatural drama television series developed by Jim Dunn and Sam Ernst, loosely based on the Stephen King novel ''The Colorado Kid'' (2005). The series, which deals with strange events in a fictional town in Maine named Haven, was filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, and is an American-Canadian co-production. It stars 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 series 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 the town at least twice before. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Croatan (other)
The Croatan The Croatan were a small Native Americans in the United States, 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 (tribe), Roanoke people or allied with t ... 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) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
