▁vague ▁accounts ▁of ▁their ▁neighb ors . ▁ ▁She ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁M ando ag ▁were ▁the ▁En o , ▁who ▁trad ed ▁the ▁remaining ▁Lost ▁Col on ists ▁as ▁slaves ▁until ▁they ▁were ▁dispers ed ▁throughout ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁Miller ' s ▁theory ▁has ▁been ▁challeng ed ▁based ▁on ▁W als ingham ' s ▁considerable ▁financial ▁support ▁of ▁R ale igh ' s ▁exped itions , ▁and ▁the ▁willing ness ▁of ▁Fern and es ▁to ▁bring ▁John ▁White ▁back ▁to ▁England ▁instead ▁of ▁abandon ing ▁him ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁colon ists . ▁ ▁Secret ▁operation ▁at ▁Be ech land ▁Local ▁leg ends ▁in ▁D are ▁County ▁refer ▁to ▁an ▁abandoned ▁settlement ▁called ▁" Be ech land ", ▁located ▁within ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁All ig ator ▁River ▁National ▁Wild life ▁Ref uge . ▁ ▁The ▁area ▁has ▁had ▁reports ▁of ▁small ▁coff ins , ▁some ▁with ▁Christian ▁mark ings , ▁encourag ing ▁spec ulation ▁of ▁a ▁link ▁to ▁the ▁Lost ▁Col ony . ▁ ▁Based ▁on ▁these ▁leg ends , ▁engineer ▁Phill ip ▁Mc M ull an ▁and ▁amateur ▁arch ae ologist ▁Fred ▁Will ard ▁concluded ▁that ▁Walter ▁R ale igh ▁dispatch ed ▁the ▁ 1 5 8 7 ▁colon ists ▁to ▁har vest ▁s assa fr as ▁along ▁the ▁All ig ator ▁River . ▁ ▁All ▁records ▁suggesting ▁the ▁col ony ' s ▁intended ▁destination ▁was ▁Ch es ape ake ▁Bay , ▁and ▁that ▁England ▁had ▁lost ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁col ony , ▁were ▁supposed ly ▁f als ified ▁to