When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place.-- Christopher Gist
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Name: Christopher Gist Type: Explorer Nationality: American Birth: 1706 Death: 1759 |