It is difficult to say who got the best deal. In 1624 land was less important to the Canarsie Indians than the Dutch. Land was in abundance and the Indians did not use it as trading power with other Indians. But goods (e.g. beads, cloth, tools, weapons, etc.) enabled them to trade and exchange items back and forth with other Indians and European settlers. Land, which in itself is a natural resource, was more important to the Dutch than the Indians. The Dutch needed the land to establish and build a colony for expansion.
