Show Peter l and Manhattan Three hundred and two twenty-two years ago o the island of ot Manhattan became Dutch property as a result of the famous deal between Peter Minu- Minu it representative of the West India company of Amsterdam and the chief of the Canarsie Indians On that I island the heart of New York is now built Peter P ter paid the Indian chief 24 dollars for the that land that Is he paid for it with a box of trinkets valued at 21 24 The valuation was made by bythe bythe bythe the Dutch themselves That 24 deal has gone into American history as the first formal trade of any kind on the island |