nicholas bayard sold manhattan island to the dutch in 1626.
who sold manhattan island to the dutch in 1626?
nicholas bayard
a patent for the west bank of the north river was given to michael pauw, a burgermeester of amsterdam and a director of the dutch west india company. pavonia is the latinized form of pauw's surname, which means "peacock". as was required, pauw purchased the land from the indigenous population, although the concept of ownership differed significantly for the parties involved. three lenape "sold" the land for 80 fathoms (146 m) of wampum (shell beads strung together), 20 fathoms (37 m) of cloth, 12 kettles, six guns, two blankets, one double kettle, and half a barrel of beer. these transactions, dated july 12, 1630, and november 22, 1630, represent the earliest known conveyance for the area. it is said that the three were part of the same band who had sold manhattan island to peter minuit then "sold" this land, to which they had retired after that sale in 1626. on august 10, 1630, pauw obtained a deed for staten island, leading some historians to consider staten island to be part of pavonia.
pavonia, new netherland
to the south their range included the upper three-quarters of manhattan island, which they did not permanently occupy but used as a hunting ground. effectively it was their land that the canarsee people of today's brooklyn, who only occupied the very southern end of manhattan island, an area known as the "manhattoes", sold to the dutch.









































the dutch ended up with the island, and the wecquaesgeek being called the "manhattoe" or "manhattan" indians.









































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bullet::::- canarsee, the native american band that sold manhattan to the dutch









































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bullet::::- "the dutch-munsee encounter", introduction: "the dutch-munsee frontier", paul otto
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