Eine populäre Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten: Von der ersten Entdeckung der westlichen Hemisphäre durch die Nordmänner, zum Ende des ersten Jahrhunderts der Union der Staaten; durch eine Skizze der prähistorischen Zeit und das Alter der Hügelbauer voraus. zed Er war im Befehl seiner ersten Expedition. Im Herbst 1637, Minuit von gottenburg in theKe ^/der Calmar, durch ein Angebot namens Griffin, mit aboutfifty Emigranten begleitet. Die Nachbarschaft der South River war das regionupon, die er für seine Abwicklung festgesetzt hatte. Die beiden Schiffe enteredDelaware Bay im April 1638, ein

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A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . zed he was put in command of its first expedition. In the autumn of 1637, Minuit set sail from Gottenburg in theKe^/ of Calmar, accompanied by a tender called the Griffin, with aboutfifty emigrants. The neighborhood of the South River was the regionupon which he had fixed for his settlement. The two vessels enteredDelaware Bay in April, 1638, and sailed up the river as far as the Minquas Kill, as it was then called by the Dutch. To this streamthe Swedes gave the name of their queen, Christina, — since corruptedinto Christiana, — and here Minuit made a treaty with the Indiansachem of the region, buying, for a kettle and some trifling wares, allthe land on the west side of the South River, from Cape Henlopen tothe falls near Santickan (now Trenton), and as much inwards fromit in breadth as they might want. ^ The spot they chose for their 1 Acrelius Hist, of Neiv Sweden, translated in N. Y. Hist. Soc. Coll., New Series, vol. i., p. 409 ; Huddes Report on the Swedish Colony, ib., 4-39.. g OOi -Wm P <! H<! WP OO •P <!1-1 1038.] THE SETTLEMENT AT FORT CHRISTINA. 467 trading-house and fort—Fort Christina— was about two miles fromthe mouth of the creek, and near the site of the present town ofWilmington, Delaware. The Swedes, leaving the winter bleakness of their own country, andcoming to the beautiful banks of the South River in thefreshness of the warm spring, found in the new land even vai in themore than the fulfillment of their hopes; yet these had beenraised by the most glowing descriptions at home.^ A point just aboveCape Henlopen they named as they passed Paradise Point, and asthey lay at anchor in the broad stream by their newly-purchased terri-tory, they were eagerto begin a * planta-tion. Fort Nas

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