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This petition and summons relate to the case against Parker Ball for settling on lands belonging to the Miami tribe on November 1, 1857 in Linn County, Kansas Territory. A petition was issued against Ball for the sum of one thousand dollars by Attorney General of the Kansas Territory Alson C. Davis acting for the Third District Court on December 1, 1859, and a summons was delivered to Ball on December 9, 1859. When Kansas became a territory in 1854, the influx of settlers led to encroachment on lands promised to Native American tribes that had been forcibly relocated to the area. At the time of this case, the Miami tribe inhabited land promised to them by the U.S. government in present day Miami and Linn counties.
Date: crime November 1, 1857
Item Number: 444739
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 32
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444739
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Miami
Places - Counties - Lykins (1855-1861)
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Indian reservations - Miami
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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