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Whereas propositions for a treaty, accompanied by an address have been submitted to the Eastern Cherokees by the President of the United States, and the sense of the people will shortly be taken as to the ratification of the proposed arrangement, and the rights and interests of this nation being affected by said proposals, therefore. Resolved by the Committee and Council in General Council Assembled, that a delegation consisting of unclear Joseph Vann, Second Chief, John Smith, John Drew, and W. S. Coody, be and they are hereby, appointed to invite the Eastern Cherokees for the purpose of attending to all such matters and business in which this nation may be intenrested; and they are hereby authorized and instructed in J Vannthe event of an arrangement between the Eastern Cherokees and the United States, to afford such aid as they can, tending to the promotion of the welfare of both nations, and if possible, by all proper means to effect a re-union of the Cherokee people, to represent the true condition as well as feelings of the Western Cherokees toward their Eastern brothers, and in all things to the governed by a proper sense of the Cherokee Rights and Interests and their own discretion after proper reflection. The Dutch Prest Comme Elass pro tem Spkr Council Approved John his x Mark Jolly J. Vann James Rogers Tolluntusky C.N. 7th June 1835 unclear Candy Clk Comme uclear Thornton Actg Secty