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Called by the Indians “Pagganck,” Governors Island was purchased on June 16, 1637, from two members of the Indian tribe of Manahatas, Carapetayne and Pehiwas, by Wouter Van Twiller, a Governor and Director General of New Netherland, for two axe heads, a string of beads, and a handful of nails.
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