My Dog Croatan
			About the   name...
	Croatan is named after the "lost colony" near the present day North Carolina/Virginia border. The colony was established and the ship went back to  England for supplies. When the ship returned, all the settlers were gone! There   was no sign of violence or mass death. The word 'cro' was carved on a fence post   and 'croatan' was carved on a tree. Since my dog was found as a 12 to 15 week  old puppy living under a house with no mom and no other puppies, we named her  Croatan because she lost her colony!
	I have found the word spelled Croatan and Croatoan.   There was an island named Croatoan and also a tribe of Native Americans.  There   are various theories as to what happened. Some blame a drought, others say they   moved, and others say  they were killed by or assimilated into the Crotoan tribe   and Lumbee tribes.
	I now know that three sylables is one too many for a dog name!
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