24 = Dp To The I For Mi (Us History)

[SadieBoakes]

Ditloid
24 = DP to the I for MI (US history)

[Gizmonster]

24 = Dollars Paid to the Indians for Manhattan Island

[SadieBoakes]

@Gizmonster - that's amazing, it's the correct answer, thanks so much. Every day is a school day.

[Gizmonster]

You're welcome ...... and thanks for the BA :)

[jno]

obviously they didn't pay dollars as they hadn't got any yet; the figure was in guilders and wasn't cash but unspecified trading goods. There's a lot about it here

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12657/was-manhattan-really-bought-24

[Captain2]

... and can we still 'Indians' or should it be altered to Native Americans or the Indigenous people of the land? ;))