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first act of the Legislature, which convened sometime in October, was an edict to commence the drawing. We felt ourselves quite secure in our domicile & entertained little anxiety about the probable issue of the agressions of the State of Georgia, upon this territory, firmly believing that the so called Fortunate drawers would not forthwith seize their prizes. The Laws morever were of such a nature at this time, that the occupant Claims of the Cherokees were respected & all loss upon which any Indian held on improvements, were to remain untouched. Our Spring place possessions were altogether embraced in the claims of Joseph Vann, a Cherokee & more than two thirds of the Lot upon which the mission buildings stood were owned & cultivated by him. The greater therefore was my astonishment, when on the 24th of December several men rode up & announced to fact that our lot had been granted to the "Fortunate drawer" who was willing out of peculiar favour to us to rent our premises to us at the moderate sum of 150$ pr annum. My efforts to convince these visitors, of the illegallity of their proceeding, were utterly vain, & in vain did I point out to them the exact position of the lines & landmarks & how our possessions were entirely involved with the claims of Mr. Vann. I refused renting, upon which possession was demanded, & denied. Here negotiations ended for the present. I had however many reasons to apprehend another attack, & in order to satisfy myself of the fact of the issue of the grant - I addressed a line to his Excellency the Governor, in which I represented the claims of Mr. Vann, and solicited if possible a withdrawal of the Grant, if indeed one had been issued for our possessions. Thus we lived in suspense while Monday evening Dec 31. 1832. when a loaded waggon drove up & asked leave to unload as the effects belonged to several families who would be there next day & who had rented our possessions. In consequence of my refusal to grant any such liberty - the waggoner was compelled to wait until next day Jan 1st 1833. when at a late hour the company consisting of 18 persons arrived. My protestations against their intrusion availed nothing - & by force & fraud they obtained possion of all our buildings leaving 2 small rooms for my family. I concluded to await an answer from Milledgeville & therefore made no preparations for a removal, indeed I entertained strong hopes that I should finally rid my self of this unpleasant company. On the 4th of January, a suspicions looking personage arrived & spent the greater part of the day in the company of my new housemates & held long consultations with them. This person I was told was a certain Col Bishop of Gainsville & "moreover the Governors aid - de-camp" On Sabbath the 6th this same person again made his appearance & now a transfer of the claim of one of my housemates to our positions, took place & was transferred to Bishop. Now he sought my acquaintance & notwithstanding his possessions of