of Penfilvania. 3 
go, and were the fir it Planters in 
choie Parts; but they made lit- 
tie or no Improvement, (apply- 
ing themfelves wholly to Tra- 
fique in Skins and Furs, which 
the Indians or Natives fumiihYl 
them with, and which they Bar- 
ter'd for Rum, Strong Liquors, 
and Sugar, with others, thereby 
gaining great Profit) till near the 
time or the Wars between Eng- 
land and Them , about Thirty or 
Forty Years ago. 
Soon after them came the 
Swedes and I ins, who apply’d 
themfelves to Husbandry, and 
were the firlt Christian People 
that made any confiderable Im- 
provement there. 
There were fomeDifputes be- 
tween thefe two Nations feme 
Years, the Dutch looking upon 
the Swedes as Intruders upon 
their Purchafe and Poffeffion, 
winch way abfolutely terminat- 
ed in the Surrender made by John 
B 2 Hzcing 
