Peter Minuit was the purchaser of Manhattan, for @ $26 dollars wort of chotchkes.
It wasn’t a bad deal for the Indians who sold it, since they were actually a Brooklyn-based tribe!
The Manhattan-based Indians were ripped off.
This is akin to my selling you LaGuardia airport for only $50 – a great deal for both of us, if you’re allowed to keep it.
Most history books omit this.