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Settlers of the New Scandinavia settlement, Kansas, petition Governor Nehemiah Green of Topeka for protection from possible Indian depredations. The petitioners request a company of fifty soldiers to protect the settlement. Several hundred additional settlers were expected the following Spring. The petitioners are concerned that reports of Indian depredations may keep additional settlers away. John Breaton served as immigration agent for the colony. The Scandinavian Agricultural Society founded New Scandinavia in 1867 and the town reincorporated as Scandia in 1879. The advancing line of white settlement continued to aggravate relations with Indians of the region. Peace treaties, like the meeting at present Medicine Lodge (Barber County) in October of 1867, demonstrated that polite negotiations were possible but failed to resolve the conflicts.
Creator: New Scandinavia (Republic County) Settlers
Date: December 4, 1868
Item Number: 208121
Call Number: Governor's Records--Green, Box 3 Folder 26
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208121
Agriculture - Farm organizations - Agricultural cooperatives - Scandinavian Agricultural Society
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Green, Nehemiah
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Scandinavian Agricultural Society
Date - 1861-1869 - 1868
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Green, Nehemiah
Military
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
People - European Americans - Swedish
People - Notable Kansans - Green, Nehemiah, 1837-1890
Places - Cities and towns - New Scandinavia
Places - Cities and towns - Scandia
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Republic
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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