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In 1999 , Ophrys apifera ( bee orchid ) began to flower there , quickly developing into a colony , recently joined by Anacampsis pyramidalis ( pyramidal orchids ) . The Lumbee do n't entirely understand why people persist in calling the Roanoke colony the " Lost Colony , " since they left an explicit note telling where they were going ( Croatan , the lands of some friendly Cheraw Indians ) and since the descendents of the Croatan Cheraw were found some 50 years later speaking English , practicing Christianity , and sporting about 75 % of the last names the colonists had brought with them . Unlike the Ethiopian Movement , these organisations addressed themselves to the question of African political rights , which were denied in the northern colonies , and which in the Cape were continually under attack . Relations with the former colonial world now have turned into their opposite and the Western world often goes to extremes of obsequiousness , but it is difficult yet to estimate the total size of the bill which former colonial countries will present to the West , and it is difficult to predict whether the surrender not only of its last colonies , but of everything it owns will be sufficient for the West to foot the bill . The meeting was notable as an example of cooperation among the colonies , but Benjamin Franklin 's Plan of Union for the colonies , though voted upon favorably at Albany , was refused by the colonial legislatures ( and by the crown ) as demanding too great a surrender of their powers . " None of the residents of Umbaki are current bacteria carriers , nor are we beggars , " said Mahmud Mahmudov , the quasi spokesman for the colony , re-assuring a rare foreign guest . That the cuts will have such an effect on former British colonies , however , is a bitter irony at a time when the UK is leading international action to alleviate poverty . In 1895 , Taiwan , including the Pescadores , became a Japanese colony , a concession by the Qing Empire after it lost the First Sino-Japanese War . Michael , who is a proponent of space exploration but not of space colonies , jotted some poems during the course of the day 's talks and gave us permission to print them here . But one colony that happens to be so opprest , has no means of laying part of their burthen on another colony , that from its situation is generally exempted .