Editing Peter Minuit (section)

===In popular culture===
*The beginning lines of [[Rodgers and Hart]]'s 1939 song "[[Give It Back to the Indians]]" recount the sale of Manhattan: "Old Peter Minuit had nothing to lose when he bought the isle of Manhattan / For twenty-six dollars and a bottle of booze, and they threw in the Bronx and Staten / Pete thought he had the best of the bargain, but the poor red man just grinned / And he grunted "ugh!" (meaning "okay" in his jargon) for he knew poor Pete was skinned."
*Minuit was played by [[Groucho Marx]] in the 1957 comedy film ''[[The Story of Mankind (film)|The Story of Mankind]]''.
*Minuit was played by [[Michael Landon]] in the 1970 film ''[[Swing Out, Sweet Land]]''.
*Minuit is mentioned on the HBO drama ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', where the character [[Edward L. Bader|Edward Bader]] tells a joke featuring the line, "'50 bucks?' the fella says. '[[Peter Stuyvesant]] only paid 24 for the entire island of Manhattan!'", while [[Steve Buscemi]]'s' character Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson has to correct Bader and inform him that it was in fact Peter Minuit who bought Manhattan, not Stuyvesant.
*[[Bob Dylan]] mentions Minuit in his song "Hard Times in New York Town" (released on [[The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991|The Bootleg Series Volume 1]]) in the following line: ''[[Henry Hudson|Mister Hudson]] come a-sailing down the stream, / and old Mister Minuit paid for his dream.'' In the released recording of the song, however, Dylan [[Spoonerism|spoonerizes]] "Mister Minuit" by mispronouncing his name as "Minnie Mistuit."<ref>[http://www.reocities.com/temptations_page/DylGuide.html The Annotated Bob Dylan]. Reocities.com. Retrieved on July 23, 2013.</ref> The official lyrics have the correct version of the name, except that Minuit is spelled "Minuet."<ref>[http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/hard-times-in-new-york-town Songs {{!}} The Official Bob Dylan Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902143534/http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/hard-times-in-new-york-town |date=September 2, 2011 }}. Bobdylan.com. Retrieved on July 23, 2013.</ref>
*Minuit is mentioned in the first episode, ''[[Uno (Better Call Saul)|Uno]]'', of the AMC drama ''[[Better Call Saul]]''. Jimmy McGill (the later titular Saul), while confronting lawyers at his brother's law firm, accuses them of being "like Peter Minuit" and suggests that they "throw in some beads and shells" to the $26,000.00 being given to his brother.
*In ''[[Manahatta (play)|Manahatta]]'', a play by [[Mary Kathryn Nagle]], Minuit is a featured character, depicted in his involvement in the colonization of [[Turtle Island (Native American folklore)|Turtle Island]].