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The Settlements on the Delaware 393
The First Settlement. There they located, purchased
a few acres from an Indian chief, and erected a small
inclosure, which they named Ft. Christina. Within this
inclosure a storehouse was built and later a chapel.
Fresh bands of colonists arrived from time to time,
bringing with them new supplies, merchandise, cattle
and other domestic animals.
Treaty with the Indians. The colonists entered into
a friendly treaty with the Indians and purchased a
large tract of land from them, extending along the
west side of the bay and river from Cape Henlopen to
Trenton Falls. This territory was named New Sweden.
Friendly relations with the Indians were ever main-
tained by the Swedes, and this policy was afterwards
pursued by William Penn.
Government of the Colony. Peter Minuit remained
as commander at Fort Christina until his death. His
successor, Peter Hollander, administered the govern-
ment for nearly two years and then returned to Swed-
en. He was succeeded by John Printz, who was ap-
pointed governor in 1642. The new governor took
possession of the Island of Tinicum in the Delaware,
nine miles southwest of Philadelphia. There he built
a fort and a brick residence, and from there directed
the affairs of New Sweden for ten years, after which
he, too, returned to Sweden, leaving the affairs of the
government in the hands of his son-in-law, John Pape-
goya, as vice governor. He was succeeded by John
Rising, who arrived in 1654. He established his resi-
dence at Christina. With him came an engineer, Peter
Lindstrom, who has furnished us a map of New Swed-
en of that day.
A History of Sweden. 2<i.
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