Margaret Brown

Westfield, NJ

The Wampum beads were used to buy the island of Manhattan from the Native American tribe the Algonquins

Peter Minuit a Dutch setter made the purchase on May 24, 1626

All my life I heard that Manhattan was bought for beads. I thought it was a myth at first, but we looked it up on the internet and local library. Now it seems to be kind of true

Those crooked dutch settlers

Wampum beads = Manhattan
You could buy Manhattan with a pocket full of beads