Milford chronicle., 1958-04-25
History of Early Delaware

the Kalmar NyckIe, and the Foge
Grip, set sail for America from
Sweden Peter Minuit was il
charge of the ships and Mr.. Kline
was in charge of the soldiers. They
were taking only twenty-five mer
to start fort and cultivate some
land. In a year they were going te
send back for their wives and chill
dren. il they had no trouble witt
the Indians.
After many weeks of sailing, the
TWO boats finally reache1 America
They stayed in Jamestown, yir.
ginia, for ten days to get more wooe
and water. Soon they set sail again
They made another stop in the Del.
aware Bay near the place where
Wilmington is now. Their on ur
the river they sailed again.
After sailing for several hours
they came to place where a
smaller stream emptied into the
Delaware River. They named this
Christina in honor of their Queen
Near the present site of Whining
ton they landed on a natural wharf
Or rocks and there established their
settlement.
Within a day or two Minuit had
a meeting with the Indians and re-
cefved deed from their Chief, in
exchange for beads and trinkets.
The Swedes built a fort and call
I'd it Christina for the Queen of
sweden. Soon the two ships re-
turned to Sweden.
In 1641, approximately three
years later, the men were all look
ng eagerly over the water wait
ing for the boat bringing new col
onists. Finally they saw a sail
over the water. On the boat they
brought some cattle, horses, sheep.
goats, and grain. They were all
happy to be together again in the
land which later became known as
Delaware.
The first settlement was called
Ft. Christina and later became part
of Wilmington.
Today, the names Wilmington
md Dupont are almost synony-
nous, for it's here that the E. I.
DUPONT de Nemours Co. one of
the nations greatest corporations
maintains its headqual ters and
laboratories.
Sandy McGee and
Mary Aun Westphal
Quarreling Colonies
The Swedes started other colo
nies-onc was at Chester and one
ut Philadelphia.
Governor .Stuyvesant, under the
Dutch, bough; land from the In
dians although the Swedes had
bought the same land years be-
lore. The Dutch built a tort which
was called FIT. Casimir 1t was
about where New Castle is now.
At first Governor Printz was
very angry, but later he and Gov
ernor Stuyvesant agreed to be
friendly.
The Dutch began to take most of
the fur trade away from the
Swedes. Governor Printz went back
10 Sweden, and Governor Rising
look his place.
Governor Rising went to Ft
Casimir with some soldiers and de-
manded that it surrender. After
he Swedes took control of the
fort, they rebuilt it. They named
it TT. Trinity.
Everything was calm on the Del
aware for about year.
= Governor Stuyvesant was get
ting ready for war all the time. In
1855 seven Dutch ships with 900
men sailed up the river and cap
tured Ft. Trinity. In about 10 days
Ft. Christina was captured and
then the whole river.
A small town was built by the
Dutch near Ft. Casimir called New
Amstel, now called New Castle.
Lord Baltimore sent one of his
men to New Amstel to command
the people to surrender to him
They refused.
Many of the colonists were
scared and left at this time and
went to live in Maryland and Vir-
ginia.
Two years later the English and
Dutch started fighting in Europe.
The English sent a fleet to Ameri-
ca to capture all Dutch colonies.
In 1864 all the Dutch colonies were
taken over by the English. The
people who surrendered were al
lowed to keep their land and Other
things. They worshipped as they
pleased, but were ruled by the
English.
In 1872 The Dutch and English
began to fight again. The Dutch
again took over the colonies in
Delaware, but in a short time the
English got the colonies back.
Calvert Morgan, Jr
Grade 5.Mrs. Grace Bressler's
Section 2
Our class thoroughly enjoyed the
trip we made recently to Philadel-
phia. We are going TO tell you
what each child said he liked about
our trip.
Kathy Donovan: "On our Phila-
1elphia trip, I liked, most of all
Hall, inside of which
was the Liberty Bell"
Ruth Helmick: Inside the Aca-
iemy of Natural Sciences I enjoyed
he stuffed animals, birds, and
ish."
Bobby Harrington: The boat
'oom ir the Franklin Institute was
most interesting to me. liked the
moving guns on the boat"
Wayne Billings: "Since | like
boats, naturally / liked the boat
'oom iT the Franklin Institute