Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-11-09
william penn I'm America.

the winds Of heaven, says the Phtladel-
phia Times, did purer company OF
human beings risk their lives on the
ocean than those who gathered at Deal
and sailed in the little ship Welcome.
late in the summer, say Aug. 80, 1882.
as the heart of it was peace and peace
only. Tt had q much higher idol than
the good ship Mayfower, and that its
ideal has never been realized must not
detract from its own especial glory.
The Welcome had about 100 souls
aboard, mostly Friends from Sussex-a
| cleanly, thrifty people as ever wore
drab home-spun and calico gowns. Ev-
cry provision had been made for the
comfort of the passengers. There was
lots of fine conversation and much re-
Iigious meditation on the voyage. The
very angels, 1t seems, might have TAX
en- special charge of the Welcome, but
they did not. Nobody knows why.
In some sense perhaps they did. But
the Welcome was one of the most ill
fated little ships that ever crossed the
sea. Smallpox broke out on the voy-
age and thirty Of the one hundred pas
sengers died of that loathsome disease,
dropped overheard there in mid-ocean;
keeping silent meeting to this day.
What time people have getting a
place to pray in, SO they may only
preach when the spirit moves.
The Welcome arrived off the Capes
Oct. "a, 1882, and at New Castle, DEL,
on the 9th; next day Penn produced
his deeds from the Duke of York and
received possession of the town and
country adjoining, (Which was signified
by the delivery of turf and twig and
water and soyl of the river Delaware"
On Oct. 29th Penn reached Upland,
and after consulting with Thomas Pear.
son, leading Friend among the We'll
comes survivors, Penn named the place
Chester, after old Chester in England,
whence Pearson came. From this time
dates are somewhat uncertain. Some
say the Welcome kept on her way; 9TH
ers that Penn travelled from Chester to
Philadelphia in an open barge. No
body knows. After passing four miles
above the mouth Of the Schuylkill they
came to place called Coaquamock,
where there was q high, bold shore,
covered with lofty pines, now the foot
of Pine street, Philadelphia. The high
bank of the Delaware was at this place
penetrated by small stream called
Dock creek, which, being deep at it's
mouth and havinga a low, sandy beach,
offered convenient place for landing.
Here Penn and his companions went
on shore near a house then being erect
ed, which was called "Guest's New
House, and afterwards known as the
"Blue Anchor Tavern"
The site of Philad delphia had been de-
termined by the commissioners in con-
formity with Penn's instructions. It
was his Intention and original plan not
to permit buildings to be erected on the
river banks, but to have there a wide
promenade the whole length of the city.
This arrangement in after years was
allowed to be infringed. The commits
sioners were instructed to lay off ten
thousand acres las the bounds and ex-
tent of the liberties of the said town."
which would haye included large
portion, if not all the suburbs now at
tached to it under: different corpora
tions. 1t was to be greene country
town'-nice, low houses, and q good
supply OF Quaker meeting houses. No
parson to dwell in it. except at the re-
OF year after Penn's arrival about one
hundred houses were finished in Phil
adeiph1a, besides fine quay three hum
dred feet long, and two years later there
were six hundred houses.
There is no historic data for the story
OF Penn's treaty under the old Kensing-
ton elm, long ago blown down, says
the Tunes, and on the whole treaty
business these points seem pretty clear
ly established:
l. That the first land purchased from
the Indians for Penn was acquired be-
fore he arrived by Governor Markham
on July Is, 1852.
2. That during the fall Of 1852 Penn
had no special conference with the In
dlans in any representative capacity:
that he was not in those months as IA
vorably impressed with the ''noble red
man" as he had been at the distance
OF three or four thousand miles awav
in England.
8. That Penn never held any special
treaty with the Indians simply for the
purpose OF an understanding of good
will and friendship, or if he did no rec
ord has been kept of it.
4. That June 25 and July IA, 1853.
Penn did hold conference with the IN
dians, when purchases Of land were
made and beautiful treaties entered in
to, with the understanding that tive
will transmit this league between us to
our children. 1t shall be made stron-
ger and stronger and he kopt b.;rL<
and clean without rust or spot, between
,ur children and our children's chill
1ren, while the creeks and rivers run
ma while the sun, moon and stars en-
lure"
But, alas! the children on both sides
oon began to eat some grapes and take
he juice too freely, got their teeth on
'dge,. and from that day to this Indian
reaties have been broken faster than
md before they are made.
william Penn embarked on his re-