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something may be done; yet he usually fears all their efforts will be unavailing, under such exasperated feelings as both parties there manifest: he has never seen a time on that frontier requiring such vigilance and  so great a necessity for a strong military force.  He will remain till he sees an adjustment & till his presence can no longer avail any thing. He hopes to hear from Mr Ross early on the morrow & will as soon as possible apprize the Commissioner of the result.
something may be done; yet he usually fears all their efforts will be unavailing, under such exasperated feelings as both parties there manifest: he has never seen a time on that frontier requiring such vigilance and  so great a necessity for a strong military force.  He will remain till he sees an adjustment & till his presence can no longer avail any thing. He hopes to hear from Mr Ross early on the morrow & will as soon as possible apprize the Commissioner of the result.
Rep: Doc : 26th Cong : 1stsess:
Rep: Doc : 26th Cong : 1st sess:
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July 2.
July 2.
John Ross writes from Illinois Camp Ground, Cherokee Nation, to Capt: Armstrong, Acting Superintentant, Western Territory, at Fort Gibson.- To Capt: A's letter by express, he hastens to reply by the same messenger.  He had dispatched a communication on the subject Capt: A. writes about, on the day before (dated JUNE 30):  as the bearer missed the captain on his way u/c, Mr Ross enclosed a copy.- Mr Ross regrets the excitement then prevailing among the people of that country: he feels solicitous that it may be speedily allayed by the adoption of such a course of measures as will tend, not merely to restore quiet, but so clearly & firmly establish the peace & harmony of the nation, that future danger may never arise from the same causes.  He says a large number of the Cherokee people are then assembled there; that the number is [[not clear]] both of old & late emigrants; that the meeting was called for a landable purposes and not, as may have been misrepresented, to trample upon or abuse the rights and interests of another portion of the Cherokee.  He says that the old settlers, jointly with the late emigrants, have visited the Chiefs of the old settlers to attend this meeting & that their refusal to do so they [[not clear]] count but regret;
John Ross writes from Illinois Camp Ground, Cherokee Nation, to Capt: Armstrong, Acting Superintentant, Western Territory, at Fort Gibson.- To Capt: A's letter by express, he hastens to reply by the same messenger.  He had dispatched a communication on the subject Capt: A. writes about, on the day before (dated JUNE 30):  as the bearer missed the captain on his way u/c, Mr Ross enclosed a copy.- Mr Ross regrets the excitement then prevailing among the people of that country: he feels solicitous that it may be speedily allayed by the adoption of such a course of measures as will tend, not merely to restore quiet, but so clearly & firmly establish the peace & harmony of the nation, that future danger may never arise from the same causes.  He says a large number of the Cherokee people are then assembled there; that the number is [[not clear]] both of old & late emigrants; that the meeting was called for a landable purposes and not, as may have been misrepresented, to trample upon or abuse the rights and interests of another portion of the Cherokee.  He says that the old settlers, jointly with the late emigrants, have visited the Chiefs of the old settlers to attend this meeting & that their refusal to do so they [[not clear]] count but regret;

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1839 July 2.continued. something may be done; yet he usually fears all their efforts will be unavailing, under such exasperated feelings as both parties there manifest: he has never seen a time on that frontier requiring such vigilance and so great a necessity for a strong military force. He will remain till he sees an adjustment & till his presence can no longer avail any thing. He hopes to hear from Mr Ross early on the morrow & will as soon as possible apprize the Commissioner of the result. Rep: Doc : 26th Cong : 1st sess:

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July 2. John Ross writes from Illinois Camp Ground, Cherokee Nation, to Capt: Armstrong, Acting Superintentant, Western Territory, at Fort Gibson.- To Capt: A's letter by express, he hastens to reply by the same messenger. He had dispatched a communication on the subject Capt: A. writes about, on the day before (dated JUNE 30): as the bearer missed the captain on his way u/c, Mr Ross enclosed a copy.- Mr Ross regrets the excitement then prevailing among the people of that country: he feels solicitous that it may be speedily allayed by the adoption of such a course of measures as will tend, not merely to restore quiet, but so clearly & firmly establish the peace & harmony of the nation, that future danger may never arise from the same causes. He says a large number of the Cherokee people are then assembled there; that the number is not clear both of old & late emigrants; that the meeting was called for a landable purposes and not, as may have been misrepresented, to trample upon or abuse the rights and interests of another portion of the Cherokee. He says that the old settlers, jointly with the late emigrants, have visited the Chiefs of the old settlers to attend this meeting & that their refusal to do so they not clear count but regret;