. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . d for him eachday, it was somewhat of a surprise when an Indianrunner came up from a place down the river called NEWS OF WILLIAM PENNS ARRIVAL New Castle, where had settled a few Swedes andsome Dutchmen, with the news that William Pennhad come in the ship Welcome. As we learned later, our William had bought fromthe Duke of York a very large tract of land on whichwas this town of New Castle, and when his ship an-chored there, the agent of the duke came down tothe shore with the key of the fort, thus proving hewas willing to admit that Govern
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . d for him eachday, it was somewhat of a surprise when an Indianrunner came up from a place down the river called NEWS OF WILLIAM PENNS ARRIVAL New Castle, where had settled a few Swedes andsome Dutchmen, with the news that William Pennhad come in the ship Welcome. As we learned later, our William had bought fromthe Duke of York a very large tract of land on whichwas this town of New Castle, and when his ship an-chored there, the agent of the duke came down tothe shore with the key of the fort, thus proving hewas willing to admit that Governor Penn was thelawful ruler. Then, to show that he had the right to the land, ourWilliam went up to the fort, unlocked the door, steppedinside, and lockedthe door afterhijn. In a few min-utes he came outagain and walkedaround the fort,in token that every-thing outside, as well as in, was this theDuke of Yorksagent brought tohim a sod of earthin which was growing a small tree-sprout, and adish filled with water, which was the same as saying. 84 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA that all the land, with everything growing on it,together with the streams and springs, belonged toWilliam Penn. The Indian runner had seen this ceremony beforehe came to warn us of the visitor whom we burnedto welcome to his own, and the savage said that heleft our William sitting at table; but that it was thelatters purpose to come up the river to where wewere, on the morrow, if the wind served. We were not only to see him; but doubtless hehad brought with him many Friends whom we knew,and there was no thought of work from that momentuntil we had sobered down somewhat from our re-joicings. OUR HUMBLE PREPARATIONS There was little we could do toward adorning thesettlement. Houses were half built, with a greatlitter of logs lying around them, and the roads, nothaving been cleared of stumps, could be foundonly after much hunting for the marks on the treesthat had been cut by Thomas Holme, when hemeasured t
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