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1839. August 2. Dutch, President of the National Council of Western Cherokees, John Brown, John Looney & John Roger, Chiefs, & Mr Thornton, "not clear", write from Tolluntusky, to Messr. John Ross & others.- The writers state that the National Council have, by order of the chiefs, appointed & select Committee of fifteen men, to meet he same number, to be appointed by Mr Ross & the emigrants lately arri-ved in the country; for the purpose of jointly devising such means and coming to such terms as will settle all the difficulties and differences existing between the said emigrants and the old settlers and other coming under the laws of the nation. The writers add that whatever terms the said selected committees may come to for the settlement of the said difficulties & differences, will be laid before the National Coun-cil for consideration and for approval or rejection by the chiefs; and if approved of o agreed to by the National Council and sanctioned by the Chiefs, the terms then shall be lawful and binding upon all concerned. The writers propose Fort Gibson as the place of meeting, where regulations will be made for the boarding will be made for the boarding of the Committees. The writers desire the persons whom they address to fix their time within three or four days from the depar-ture of their answer; and they add that it is expected the Com-mittee they propose to meet will be made up en-tirely of the late emigrants, as the committee of old settlers refuse to meet any of the western party as part of the committee of eastern Chero-kees. A note of the western