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Burned Place
Burned Place
- Also Known As: Ritanoac, Ritanoe
- Nearest Modern Settlement: Southmont, NC
- Inhabitants: Copper People
See: Note on Indian Names
The Burned Place sits at the location of one of the most productive mining villages of the Copper People, ruled by a chief the English know as “Gepanocon,” a corruption of a simple honorific. Tales of the village have filtered up and down the Great Trading Path, because there you can find English-style houses, and bearded Europeans, survivors from Roanoke taken as slaves and now put to work mining and working copper.
Travel
| To | English Travel Time | Indian Travel Time |
|---|---|---|
| Roanoke | 14 days | 7 days |
| Little Turtle Island | 15 days | 7 days |
| Red Earth, Gathering Place | 9 days | 4 days |
| Jamestown | 16 days | 8 days |
| Powhatan | 16 days | 8 days |
| Plenty of Fish | 23 days | 11 days |
English Travel Time estimated at 15 miles/day, based on estimates derived from contemporary accounts by Lee Miller (2000); Indian Travel Time derived by taking half the English Travel Time, based on estimations from other sources .
Sources
Miller, Lee. Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony. Arcade Publishing, 2001.