In 1626, Peter Minuit, the first Dutch Governor - General of New Netherland, purchased all of Manhattan Island from the Indians for the equivalent of $24.00.
[The Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians.]
Float - Purchase of Manhattan
Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians, 1626: The First Big Real Estate Deal
In 1639 Jonas Bronck, after whom the Borough of the Bronx was named, purchased land in that Borough from the Indians. In 1642, after many hostilities, a treaty with the Indians was signed in his house
Float - Purchase of Manhattan.
An Indian Village of the Manhattans
Massacre by the Indians of the white people in Pavonia.
Massacre by the Indians of the white people at Pavonia.
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians.
Arrival of the ship of Captain Christaensen.
Manhattan Island before the Dutch.
Wm. Penn's Treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsya. 1661.
The Indian Family.
Landing of the "Pilgrim Fathers" at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 11, 1620.
[Wall of pictures of Indians.]