On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Bert Palte wrote:
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=%O> Of course, the worst example in history is the trade of handful of beads
=%O>for Manhatten Island. The indians are still smirking about that one!!!!
A little known fact is that the Indians who accepted the beads in trade
for Manhattan island weren't the tribe that actually owned the Island!
The first example of the savvy locals swindling newcomers with the old
"Brooklyn Bridge" scheme!
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=%OAnd then, the Dutch traded Manhattan for Surinam, now an independent
=%Ocountry in the Northern part of South America, but until 1975 part of the
=%OKingdom of the Netherlands.
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=%OWe, the Dutch, are still smirking about that one....
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=%OBert
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=%O64 LandRover Series IIa ex-British Forces Germany
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"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
John J. Peloquin
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
3205 BioSciences II
UC IRVINE
Irvine, CA 92697-3900
jpeloqui@uci.edu
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