[bigbob]

We cheated the Indians out of Manhattan island, so when do we give that bastion of liberal crap back?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***We cheated the Indians out of Manhattan island***

The other way around. According to Louis L’Amour, the Dutch bought the land from Indians, who just happened to be traveling through, and did not live in that area.

The Dutch later had to build a wall, now Wall Street, to protect themselves from those “Sauvages” who did live there and missed the payoff.

[hanamizu]

“We cheated the Indians out of Manhattan island,...”

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Yeah the old $24 worth of beads. But, think about beads for a minute—the Indians in the east thought about them a lot, they were a form of currency. Imagine trying to make a bead using the tools the Indians had at hand. And unlike many things, in the case of beads, smaller is better because it is so much harder to achieve.

So to the Indians, a chest full of beautiful, colorful beads would represent lifetimes of work. The fact that Dutch factories could turn them out by the shipload was unimaginable to them.

And then there was the miracle of iron pots that you could cook in and would last lifetimes. Indians probably thought they were ripping us off.

[Leep]

yep, it’s all selective perpetual outrage. And they continually make hypocrites of themselves the moment they speak.

[mass55th]

"We cheated the Indians out of Manhattan island, so when do we give that bastion of liberal crap back?"

I'm guilty. Peter Minuit is supposed to be my 10th great-grandfather.

[LeoTDB69]

“We cheated the Indians out of Manhattan island, so when do we give that bastion of liberal crap back?”

When does someone show up at Leyla Santiago’s home wanting their land back? I’m sure she would just hand them the keys.