Aug 09, 1678, American Indians sold what is now known as the Bronx to Jonas Bronck for 400 beads.
Just thot ya'd like ta know......
Suedo (like "pseudo", though I'm no phony baloney!)
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On This Day....
Aug 10, 2003
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I wonder where those historic beads are now, and what they'd be worth.
Tina
We were cheated! Actually I'm a proud American, a very proud Texan, and a proud Native American. I've got it all! LOL
Cheated, from the view point of a beader? Not sure I'd want to give away MY beads for the Bronx.... Kaytee "Simplexities" on
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Well, the Native Americans believed that land *couldn't* be sold -- they thought they were cheating the foreigners.
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