Manteo

Manteo was a Croatan man who travelled to England with the Roanoke expeditions and served as an interpreter and intermediary. He was baptised in 1587 and named Lord of Roanoke, but his later fate is unknown after the disappearance of the English colony.

In non-fiction, Manteo is discussed in Giles Milton’s Big Chief Elizabeth. In Giles Milton’s Big Chief Elizabeth, Giles Milton follows the navigators, soldiers, settlers and interpreters involved in the ventures, including Manteo and Wanchese, whose journey to England exposed both sides to unfamiliar expectations and political calculations.