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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Sanford M. Bickerstaff for selling liquor to members of the Ottawa tribe on October 20, 1856 in the Kansas Territory. Bickerstaff was indicted by the U. S. District Court for the Kansas Territory, Second District, in Tecumseh during the November 1856 court term. The warrants for Bickerstaff's arrest were returned unserved. Two branches of the Ottawa tribe had been given 72,000 acres centered around the present-day town of Ottawa, KS. Alcohol was prohibited on Native American land from 1832-1953.
Date: November 1856 - April 1857
Item Number: 444780
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 5, Folder 05
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444780
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Alcohol use
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - American Indians - Tribes - Ottawa
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Indian reservations - Ottawa
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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