The Lost Village during the 1600's......

Before Jamestown, The English King sent The Elizabeth, a square rig sailing ship to the Americas.  Why, you ask?   He was aware that  Spain was trying lay claim to new land in the east (now America).  The English were not to be out done (power and politics, again) which caused him to send Sir Walter Raleigh with  a group of settlers to find the new land and claim it for England...  He did, infact, start a colony here in Manteo, Outer Banks, North Carolina.  After setting up the colony, establishing homes and buildings, Raleigh sailed back to England, leaving enough supplies for the colony to get along until he return with more goods, people, and tools. 
     Upon returning to England, Sir Walter fell out of favor (supposedly illicit affair with the queen) and the King refused to fund his trip.  The colonists, in effect, were abandoned. 
       After a time, the King did send Raleigh back, only to find the settlers were gone.....   no sign of them.  All of the buildings were dismantled, goods carried away.    They were never seen or heard of again.  There was only one  clue....   Carved into a tree was the letters manteo,  the agreed upon distress sign was a cross which was no present.  The settlers left of their own choice.
   Extra one is the method by which the colonists did create a lathe.....
The man pushed a pedal, which spun the wood.  Then the man would hold a curved tool over the wood, push hard, and carve out indentions.  These spindles were then put together to creat the tools, gears, barrel plugs, etc.  You can actually see the wood chips cut off under the spindle.  We were told that the tools used today had to be sharpened on a daily basis.
     To the left, you see barrels.   They were also made here.  A metal rim was placed on the ground.  Boards or slats were place inside the rim securely and then wet with a binding placed around the wood to pull it in.  This process was repeated until another smaller metal band fit over.  The boards would spring back, a bit when released, creating a round barrel, soup within the rims.  Once soaked with water they became leakproof, 
Human ingenuity!
   The 3rd extra is the sea currents and winds that the square rig sailors followed to get to the new world.  It is interesting that these same winds and water currents are what provide steerage for our hurricanes today.