Jack yawned as he walked down the hall toward his office the next morning. He hadn't slept well last night and Daniel's phone call woke him up not long after he had finally fallen into a deep sleep. He headed for his office, but only got as far as the corridor leading to it when Daniel called out to him.

"Jack! There you are. Where have you been?"

'Well, aside from trying to get some much needed sleep, I was on my way here to hear all about the people we lost. I can't tell you how relieved I am to know we finally found them."

"We didn't lose them Jack," Daniel said patiently. "They lost themselves. Well that's not exactly what happened, at least now that we know what really happened to them. I mean, after all these years, we finally found them."

This guy is dead meat, Jack thought, as he stopped to stare at his friend. I'm going to kick the crap out of him. "Daniel," he sighed, "You do realize that it is way too early in the morning for me to have to deal with this. Give me a couple more hours, a slide show on whatever you have put together while you should have been sleeping, and a well thought out explanation as to exactly what you have found out, and I'll be right there on the same level as you," Jack said, before adding, "Now that's a scary thought!"

He turned to leave Daniel standing there and grimaced when Daniel followed him down the hall. "Are we going back…?" Daniel began.

"Not… another… word," Jack said slowly, turning to point his finger at Daniel. "Uh uh," he insisted, when Daniel opened his mouth to say something else. "Not one word."

"Fine," Daniel said sulkily, as Jack turned once again to walk to his office. "See you in an hour."

Jack stared after his friend for a moment before yelling down the hall, "That was a word Daniel. In fact, that was more than one word!"

Jack entered the briefing room an hour later to find all three members of SG-1 waiting for him. Teal'c nodded in greeting, then sat down at the table as Carter jumped up from her seat. Daniel was working on a computer, apparently getting his presentation ready and smiled at Jack when he saw him come in.

"This is really a fantastic find," Daniel said, as he punched a few keys on the computer. "I think we've finally found the Lost Colony."

"The Lost Colony?" Carter asked, while she and Jack sat down to get comfortable.

"Yes," Daniel replied, as he brought up an image on the computer screen. "This is a picture of the writings we found on the ruins on P4X-903. The writings speak of a tribe of people brought to that planet approximately 500 Earth years ago. The people were mostly men, although there were a few woman and children among them. The people were brought here as slaves by a Goa'uld named Maltac, a System Lord wannabe. We're not sure how Maltac came to be on Earth, but he was here, or so this writing tells us."

"The fascinating part of this find is the fact that these people apparently came from the North American continent, specifically the southeastern region of this continent," he continued. His expression telling Jack that Daniel was in his professor mode and Jack vaguely wondered if he was going to miss lunch. Daniel had a tendency to drone on about a subject when he was like this.

The computer screen now had an image of the region Daniel was talking about, and he pointed at it to emphasize the area. "I have reason to believe that the people came from here, which explains why we have never found them until now," he said proudly.

No one spoke when Daniel finished speaking. They were apparently waiting for Daniel to clue them in to this find of the century. Jack had a nagging thought, however, and he ventured a guess. "Are we talking about the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island?"

"Yes!" Daniel exclaimed, even as he gave Jack a surprised look. "Didn't I tell you this already?"

"Holy crap," Carter said in an awed voice, causing her teammates and the General to look at her in shock. This was not something Carter would normally say, Holy Hannah maybe, but not this.

She blushed when she realized that they were all looking at her, then rushed on to sheepishly say, "Guess I've been hanging around the General too long. Are you positive about this find Daniel?" she asked, her excitement of the news taking control over her embarrassment.

"Pretty close," Daniel said with a grin. Jack could see Daniel was enjoying this, probably planned it to end up this way. "There is a reference on the ruins to a village called Croatoan, which was the name of a local Native American tribe living near where the colonists had settled."

"That word had also been carved into a tree when Governor White came back with supplies from England," Jack added, his mind whirling with possibilities. "It was supposed to be an indication of where the colonists would be if they weren't there when he got back."

"Yeah," said Daniel, giving Jack a funny look. "I have to admit that I am surprised you know that Jack. You've never given us any indication that you know anything beyond fighting. You are good at fighting," he said as an after thought.

"Gee thanks," Jack said dryly. "It's good to know you appreciate some of my skills."

"Sir?" This time it was Carter looking at him with a mixture of confusion and amazement.

"Oh for crying out loud," he said grumpily. This is why he rarely let them see his academic side. He hated it when people thought he was better or smarter than he really was. It left him feeling awkward and uncomfortable. "I had to take some history classes in order to get a degree, okay?"

"Really?" Daniel asked, his expression showing his surprise.

"Yes, really," Jack said glaring at the archeologist. "Will you just get on with it already?"

"Oh. Sure," Daniel said, pulling himself together. "Teal'c, I guess the rest of this presentation will be for your benefit, as it appears Jack already knows this stuff." This was said with a glare at Jack, probably mad because he had stolen Daniel's limelight, Jack thought uncharitably.

"In the late 16th century," Daniel began, "this continent had been inhabited primarily by natives, with a few European visitors checking it out for possible colonization. In 1584, two men came to Roanoke Island to determine its feasibility for a settlement. They liked what they saw and returned to England to inform their employer, Sir Walter Raleigh, that it was the perfect place to live."

"The Queen of England named the land Virginia," Daniel continued, while bringing up more images to spice up his lecture, "and sent out a group of men to get the colony started. Unfortunately, the leader killed one of the native chiefs and a war ensued. A year later, the men abandoned the settlement and returned to England."

"Raleigh sent out another group of 117 men, women and children in early 1587, including John White, whom Raleigh appointed Governor of the colony. They arrived in July of that year and Governor White returned to England for supplies in late August."

"He wasn't able to go back to Roanoke Island until three years later and when he did get there, the colonists had vanished. They searched for the people for some time, but no one ever found them. Their fate remains a mystery to this day," Daniel concluded.

"Some say that the people went to live with the natives," Jack added, "while others swear they moved to the mainland and found a life there. I don't think I've ever heard the theory that they've been kidnapped by aliens though."