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From: goodrum@unc.UUCP (Cloyd Goodrum)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles,net.misc
Subject: Re: Ah !  The Good Old Times
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 12:36:29 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 12:36:29 1985
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In article <agrigene.137> buchbind@agrigene.UUCP writes:
>> If some descendant of the indians the early settlers dealt with still
>> has his reciept of purchase and $24.00 than I believe a refund can be 
>> arranged.
>
>   I don't remember where I read this, but it seems that the Indians that sold
>Manhatten didn't own it, i.e. they lived on the island only a few monthes of the
>year.  They sold it while the primary resdents were off on their annual hunting
>trip.  It was a swindle!
>
>-- 
>
>	Barry Buchbinder
>	Agrigenetics Corp.
>	5649 E. Buckeye Rd.
>	Madison, WI  53716  USA
>	(608)221-5000
>	{seismo,ihnp4,harpo}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind

	I heard western writer Louis Lamour say the same thing a few years back
on "Sixty Minutes". I don't know much about Lamour, but people who read him,
even the ones that think he's a lousy writer, tell me he really knows his  
history.

	Cloyd Goodrum III