. American history:. Prussian Saxony, on one of the ^•ORTHERN part op delaw.^ of the Elbe. Here the French, under Bonaparte,defeated the combined forces of and , in 1813. t Christiana Creek is in the northern part of the state ofDelaware, and has its head branches in Pennsylvania andMaryland. It enters the Brandywine River at Wilmingon.(See Map.) t Wlwington, in the northern part of the state of Dela-ware, is situated between Brandy wine and Christiana Creeks,one mile above their junction, and two miles west from Dela-ware River. (See Map.) § Tinicum is a long narrow
. American history:. Prussian Saxony, on one of the ^•ORTHERN part op delaw.^ of the Elbe. Here the French, under Bonaparte,defeated the combined forces of and , in 1813. t Christiana Creek is in the northern part of the state ofDelaware, and has its head branches in Pennsylvania andMaryland. It enters the Brandywine River at Wilmingon.(See Map.) t Wlwington, in the northern part of the state of Dela-ware, is situated between Brandy wine and Christiana Creeks,one mile above their junction, and two miles west from Dela-ware River. (See Map.) § Tinicum is a long narrow island in Delaware River, be-longing to Pennsylvania, twelve miles, bv the rivers courfe, from Philadelphia. (See Map, p. 248.) II Trenton, now the capital of New Jersey, is sitiiated onthe E. siile of Delaware River, thirty miles from Philadelphia, and fifty-five fromNew York. (See Map, p. ,63, and also p. 364.) IT Staten Island, belonging to the state of New York, is about six miles S. W. from New. 224 COLONIAL HISTORY. [Book U ANALYSISa. 1641. 1643. 1. A truce obtained, goon followed by %oar. h. Sept. 2. Exploits of Captain Under kUl. d Probablyin 1643 3. The warteifninaied. e 1645 4. Cruelty and death of Kieft. 1647. S. Stuyve-sants treat-ment of theIndians. t. June. e. His treatywith theEnglish. 1650. g. Sept. 7. Erection and lo-is of Port Casimir. ened New Amsterdam. A fruitless expedition^ againsttiie Delawares of New Jersey was the consequence. Thewar continued, with various success, until 1643, whenthe Dutch solicited peace ; and by the mediation of thewise and good Roger Williams, a brief truce was ob-tained. But confidence could not easily be restored, forrevenge still rankled in the hearts of the Indians, and ina few months they again began the work of blood anddesolation. 17. ^The Dutch now engaged in their service CaptainJohn Underbill, an Englishman who had settled on LongIsland, and who had previously distinguished himself inthe Indian
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