This legal petition was filed against Henry DeVillers by District Attorney Alson C. Davis for the Third District Court of the Kansas Territory. The petiton accuses DeVillers of surveying lands for settlement on November 1, 1859 that belonged to the Miami Tribe in Linn County, Kansas Territory. Davis demands a judgement of one thousand dollars, citing the Nonintercourse Act passed on June 30, 1834.
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United States versus Henry Devillers for settling on Indian lands - 3