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therefore, it is said, refused to sign the propositions which were to be the basis of a treaty, till the President had assured him that if he would do it those propositions should be the basis of a treaty, and that he, and his smudge fellows should receive the protection of the United States. The propositions were then signed; and of course, the national delegation were obliged to return without effecting any thing for the nation. The enrolling business still went on with increasing strength.

On his return Andrew Ross consulted Majors Ridge and Boudinot, and doubtless rather resigned the business to them. The next autumn, therefore, they gave notice of a council to be held at, or near John Ridge's house. After the utmost exertion, they collected about fifty persons. This faction organized themselves into a council, called the council of words scratched out Two men?. This council took the liberty to consult about measures of a national character, independently of the national council, and appointed a delegation to represent them in Washington City, as the Arkansas faction how done the year before. This delegation, headed by Ridge and Boudinot, taking the ground of A. Ross, entered still farther into arrangements for a treaty, and not only made propositions, but had them printed, and sent through the nation. This excited, and considerably alarmed the people especially as the President turned his attention from the prospect authorities of the nation, and the delegation appointed by the national council, to this factious hasty