▁cost ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 8 5 ▁expedition . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁s assa fr as ▁prices ▁did ▁not ▁sky ro cket ▁in ▁value ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 5 9 0 s , ▁well ▁after ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 8 7 ▁col ony . ▁ ▁C OR A ▁tree ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁writer ▁Scott ▁Daw son ▁proposed ▁that ▁a ▁Southern ▁live ▁o ak ▁tree ▁on ▁H atter as ▁Island , ▁which ▁be ars ▁the ▁faint ▁ins cription ▁" C OR A " ▁in ▁its ▁b ark , ▁might ▁be ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁Lost ▁Col ony . ▁ ▁The ▁C OR A ▁tree ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁local ▁leg ends , ▁most ▁not ably ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁a ▁w itch ▁named ▁" C ora " ▁that ▁was ▁popular ized ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁book ▁by ▁Charles ▁H . ▁Wh ed be e . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁Daw son ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁ins cription ▁might ▁represent ▁another ▁message ▁from ▁the ▁colon ists , ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁" C RO AT O AN " ▁ins cription ▁at ▁Ro ano ke . ▁ ▁If ▁so , ▁" C OR A " ▁might ▁indicate ▁that ▁the ▁colon ists ▁left ▁Cro ato an ▁Island ▁to ▁sett le ▁with ▁the ▁Core e ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Cor an ine ) ▁on ▁the ▁main land ▁near ▁Lake ▁Matt am us ke et . ▁ ▁A ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁study ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁age