Question

Manhattan was acquired by the Dutch from an Indian tribe for a fistful of beads. Why did the Indians accept the transaction?

Answer 1

The famous story in US history the sale of Manhattan with $24 to the Dutch by the Indians. It is one of the highest real estate deal in the ancient US. The tribe sold the Manhattan to the Dutch for trinkets and beads. But there is no proof for this exchange. There is no evidence for the sales and which tribe sold the Manhattan are still in mystery. Both scholars and historians are not identified which tribe got the payment of sold Manhattan.

The Manhattan is sold because of the native Americans have no notion of land ownership. The total land area of Manhattan is calculated as 22,000 acres with full of rocks and swarming with mosquitos. There is no such evidence identified for this exciting sale.