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appointed a National Convention to meet at the Illinois Camp Ground were the writer's abode: that they meet on Monday, the 1st of July, and are then assembling under such good feeling as encourages the hope that all [[not clear]] of difficulty will become removed & the Cherokees re-united to enjoy the [[not clear]] of peace & prosperity. The writer hopes it may be practicable for Capt: Armstrong to visit them at their convention on the present important crisis of Cherokee affairs: he has dispatched their invitation by express from Capt: Armstrong's Cherokee friends who wish him to come & shake them by the hand and see peace & tranquillity restored on a permanent basis among them.-- The writer begs Capt: Armstrong to by their | appointed a National Convention to meet at the Illinois Camp Ground were the writer's abode: that they meet on Monday, the 1st of July, and are then assembling under such good feeling as encourages the hope that all [[not clear]] of difficulty will become removed & the Cherokees re-united to enjoy the [[not clear]] of peace & prosperity. The writer hopes it may be practicable for Capt: Armstrong to visit them at their convention on the present important crisis of Cherokee affairs: he has dispatched their invitation by express from Capt: Armstrong's Cherokee friends who wish him to come & shake them by the hand and see peace & tranquillity restored on a permanent basis among them.-- The writer begs Capt: Armstrong to by their Choctaw & Chickasaw friends not to apprehend any serious consequences from the late excitement; but to remain at ease and not to listen to badreports, as all will soon be well. | ||
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Gen: Arbuckle writes from Fort Gibson to John Ross, Geo: Lowry, Edward Gunter & Lewis Ross, Efqn, acting on behalf of the eastern Cherokees. The General has received their communication of the | Gen: Arbuckle writes from Fort Gibson to John Ross, Geo: Lowry, Edward Gunter & Lewis Ross, Efqn, acting on behalf of the eastern Cherokees. The General has received their communication of the [[3000?]] [[ult?]]in reply to the one he & their Agent addressed to them on the 29th: he very much regrets that there should be the least difference of opinion between them & that the late propositions of the chiefs of the established Cherokee government in that Country appear to be substantially [[not clear]], because he belies their adoption would at once have quieted the minds of the Cherokee people and have secured at an early moment all the eastern Cherokees desire: and he does not believe any other plan can effect that object. He assures them he should not think if proper to offer them his opinion on the subject, except with the object of restoring harmony & peace between the Cherokee people; being fully apprized that he would not otherwise be justified in interfering with the concerns of the Cherokee people. He has not communicated their communication to the chiefs & other at the fort, judging it best they should await the arrival of the one Capt: McCall informed them they would receive from them that day. The General says he | ||
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1839 June 30. continued appointed a National Convention to meet at the Illinois Camp Ground were the writer's abode: that they meet on Monday, the 1st of July, and are then assembling under such good feeling as encourages the hope that all not clear of difficulty will become removed & the Cherokees re-united to enjoy the not clear of peace & prosperity. The writer hopes it may be practicable for Capt: Armstrong to visit them at their convention on the present important crisis of Cherokee affairs: he has dispatched their invitation by express from Capt: Armstrong's Cherokee friends who wish him to come & shake them by the hand and see peace & tranquillity restored on a permanent basis among them.-- The writer begs Capt: Armstrong to by their Choctaw & Chickasaw friends not to apprehend any serious consequences from the late excitement; but to remain at ease and not to listen to badreports, as all will soon be well.
July 1. Gen: Arbuckle writes from Fort Gibson to John Ross, Geo: Lowry, Edward Gunter & Lewis Ross, Efqn, acting on behalf of the eastern Cherokees. The General has received their communication of the 3000? ult?in reply to the one he & their Agent addressed to them on the 29th: he very much regrets that there should be the least difference of opinion between them & that the late propositions of the chiefs of the established Cherokee government in that Country appear to be substantially not clear, because he belies their adoption would at once have quieted the minds of the Cherokee people and have secured at an early moment all the eastern Cherokees desire: and he does not believe any other plan can effect that object. He assures them he should not think if proper to offer them his opinion on the subject, except with the object of restoring harmony & peace between the Cherokee people; being fully apprized that he would not otherwise be justified in interfering with the concerns of the Cherokee people. He has not communicated their communication to the chiefs & other at the fort, judging it best they should await the arrival of the one Capt: McCall informed them they would receive from them that day. The General says he