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chiefs & people of this nation, would all have been consulted & accommodated. I beg leave to remark in candor frankness, without intending any disrespect, that, from what had passed between us at the interview we had at the agency on your first arrival there, and from what has since taken place, and the course pursued, I feel somewhat disappointed and as if I had reasons to apprehend that I have been deceived regarding the frank, liberal & impartial step which I had been inclined to believe you would take in hinging before the nation the business entrusted to your Commission by the United States government. On the part of the chiefs & Representatives of the nation, in the discharge of their duties towards their people either individually or collectively, I do assure you that they know no parties; and, for myself, I will again repeat, that so far as the rights of individuals are concerned, and as depends upon my public duty, I have even respected and held them sacred:- Whether they be my private or political enemy, is a matter of no consideration: [It] never has and I trust never shall, turn the scales of justice in my hands against any of my fellow countrymen. I will add, in conclusion, that I have been requested by the chiefs, Representatives & people of this nation, to communicate, for the information of the Commissioners of the United States' government that their general council will be convened at Red Clay on the second Monday of October next, the 12th day of that month, and at which Council they will be prepared to hear & act definitively upon such business as the United State Commissioners may submit for the consideration of the nation, under their instructions from the Preside of the United States. I am, Sir, very respectfully Your illegible J. Ross P.C. of the Cherokee Nation