Ill-Fated Lost Colony Sir Walter Raleigh Sponsored

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from All Things Water, Group 1298, Puzzle 1 (Canals and Sluices).

Question is: Ill-Fated Lost Colony Sir Walter Raleigh Sponsored

and the answer is: ROANOKE

Word Meaning:

ROANOKE — (US, historical) White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

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