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peace, amity and good fellowship with them.” This policy was emphasized
by the instructions to Governor Printz, dictated by Oxenstjerna, the ninth
article of which reads as follows: “The wild nations bordering on all sides, the
Governor shall understand how to treat with all humanity and respect, that no
violence or wrong be done to them by Her Royal Majesty or her subjects; but
he shall rather, at every opportunity, exert himself, that the same wild people
may gradually be instructed in the
truths and worship of the Christian
religion, and in other ways be brought
to civilization and a good
government,” etc.
Think of this—the government
of Sweden instructs and commands
its officers and agents to treat the
Indians with humanity and respect, to
buy what they want from them, and
not to steal it; to try to convert them
to Christianity and a good life.
William Penn was shrewd enough to
see that this sort of honesty was the
best policy, hence he adopted it, with
profit to himself and all concerned.
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| DR. JESPER SVEDBERG Bishop ofSkara, Sweden, 1702-1735. Superintendent of the Swedish Mission in America, 1696-1735. |
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