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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.
Date: November 29, 1859
Item Number: 444960
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 24
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444960
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Trespass
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Third Judicial District
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 - Linn
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/444960