The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain their colony . erhaps, who could write, has notthought it necessary to enlarge.^ In like manner Printz givesfull accounts of the quarrels with the Dutch and the English,but how the people lived, the kind of houses they built, theclothes they wore and other things we should like to know, hedoes not mention. Lindestrom, Campanius and Rising describethe country and the Indians
The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain their colony . erhaps, who could write, has notthought it necessary to enlarge.^ In like manner Printz givesfull accounts of the quarrels with the Dutch and the English,but how the people lived, the kind of houses they built, theclothes they wore and other things we should like to know, hedoes not mention. Lindestrom, Campanius and Rising describethe country and the Indians and they give many facts of greatinterest and value for the historian of the settlement, but againwe look almost in vain for social facts. From other sources, however, account-books, bills and memo-rials, we are able to draw some material, and from these, sup-plemented by our knowledge of conditions in Sweden and Fin-land, we shall endeavor to construct a picture of social NewSweden, imperfect, it is true, but as satisfactory as the ma-terials The government of the colony, the trade and Pion. of Fr. in the New World, p. 343. Most of these account books were unknown to Odhner, Sprinchorn and otherwriters on New Sweden. 164. Map OFEw Sweden AND DISTRICTS OCCUPIED E>y INDIANTEIBES IN COMHUNICATICWITH THE SWEDES Early History of the Delaware. 165 commerce with the neighbors and Indians, and the politicalrelation with these will also be treated in their proper we proceed, however, it is necessary to present brieflythe history of the Delaware prior to the landing of the Swedeson Christina Rock in 1638. It is not now possible to determine who was the first Euro-pean to visit the Delaware. Perhaps the Irish or Scotch saw itswater in the early centuries of our era, if the legends of theirAmerican voyages be true. Perhaps some bold Viking in theeleventh century ventured as far south along the Vinland Coastas the thirty-ninth degree, when the Norsemen planted colo
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