The Dutch purchased it from the Indians in 1624
The Lenape tribe. The Lenape tribe inhabited Manhattan before the Europeans arrived, and it was the Lenapes who sold the island of Manhattan to the Dutch.
The Dutch purchased Manhattan in 1626 from the Native American Lenape tribe.
The legend goes that Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from local native Americans in 1626 for $24 and various trinkets.
I think it was Peter Minuit