What is "manteo"

Manteo may refer to:

• Manteo, 1st Baron of Roanoke and Dasamongueponke, sixteenth-century American Indian leader involved with the Roanoke Colony
• Manteo, North Carolina, United States
• Manteo, Virginia, United States
• Manteo High School, North Carolina
• Lochmaeus manteo, a North American moth
• Manteo Elementary School, North Carolina
• Manteo to Murphy, an expression that means "across North Carolina"
• Navy Auxiliary Air Station Manteo, now Dare County Regional Airport, North Carolina

Manteo was a Native American Croatan Indian, the chief of a local tribe that befriended the English explorers who landed at Roanoke Island in 1584. In 1585 the English returned to Roanoke, arriving too late in the year to plant crops and harvest food, and Manteo helped the colonists make it through the harsh winter. He traveled to England on two occasions, in 1584 and 1585. After staying there, he was among those who sailed for the New World in 1587 along with Governor John White and his colonists, who founded the failed settlement later known as " The Lost Colony". On Sunday, August 13, 1587, Manteo was christened on Roanoke Island, making him the first Native American to be baptized into the Church of England.