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1839. June 24. continued. by his friends, whether it would not be mere adviseable for Gen: Arbuckle to request the chiefs & those whom he had decired to attend, to proceed to the abode of Mr Ross, accompanied by the General, or such of his officers as he may designate, and let the proposed consultation be held there. Mr Ross thinks this course calculated to give mere general satisfaction & tending to a speedier adjustment of any question involving a difference of opinion or feeling among the Cherokee people. He added that a convention of the people is to take place on-that day week, within a few miles of that spot, for the purpose of affecting a peaceable & brotherly re-union between the former citizens of the country & the late emigrants from the east: of this a general notification has been given. These things be submit to the General's consideration, because, there is no probability of arriving at any definite and conclusive arrangements earlier than the general meeting thus appointed; and in the late unhappy causes which have thrown the country into excitement, there is no question involved which should produce difficulty or alienation of feeling between the late emigrants and the old citizens of the nation. Nevertheless, if Gen: Arbuckle still thinks it "notclear" Mr Ross to attend at Fort Gibson on the morrow, he will do so; trusting there will be no excitement or feelings produced by the course determined in by his friends: he will not move, however, till the General's answer is received. In any further information in relation to the subject, he respectfully refer the General to Rep Charles Coody, Stephen Foreman & Kms. Coody, who have been deputed to visit Gen: Arbuckle for the purpose if necessary, of conserving mere fully on this, or any other matter, upon which the General may wich to be informed.

June 24. Gen: Arbuckle write from Fort Gibson to John Ross, Principal Chief, at Park Hill, stating that a number of the friends of Rep Ridge & Boudinot are there. He says he has advised them of the desire of Mr Ross to have a full investigation of the late murders committed in his nation;