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speak of one article in your treaty, which relates to the manner of paying for mission improvements. The Indians, many of them at least, have from the first been suspicious that we should hereafter bring demands against them, and oblige them to pay for what we pretended to do gratuitously, and of mere benevolence. To remove their fears and gain their entire confidence, we assured them they never would be called upon to pay for any of our services whatever; And now if mission improvements are valued and paid for from the five millions of Dollars, will not the people generally say that we have finally done just what they at first supposed we should do, and what we affirmed we never should. And it will be in vain for us to tell them they do not pay us, but the U. States; because they will say. The U. States offered us five million of Dollars for our lands and possessions. and therefore if missionaries have any part of that money they must take it from us. Had there been no mission improvements in our country the U. States would have given us the same. And will not this very probably be urged in Cherokee councils at the west as an objection to missionaries and missionary operations. But I am confident that both yourself and Mr. Ridge and your family connexions, will be desirous to have the mission charter unspotted, and be grieved

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