It was not denied that the Swedes had a legitimate title to that land.

Indeed after the Company in Holland had sent directions to Stuyvesant to drive the Swedes from the river, they sent to him another order modifying these instructions.

In this dispatch they said: "You may allow the Swedes to hold the land on which fort Christina is built, with a garden to cultivate the tobacco, because it appears that they made this purchase with the previous consent of the Company, provided said Swedes will conduct themselves as good subjects of our government." But the Swedish Governor, Rising, having lost fort Casimir, re-assembled his forces and strengthened his position in Fort Christina, which was two miles farther up the river.

This fort was about thirty-five miles below the present site of Philadelphia, on a small stream called Christina creek.

The fleet anchored at the mouth of the Brandywine, and invested the fort on all sides.