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and measures were taken to unite the Ridge party to the national council, that there might be no separator or divided action. This union was accordingly smudge affected. The Reverend Agent made his appearance in the council. His professed object was to make a treaty with the people, but his real object was, evidently, to impose a treaty on the nation according to his own terms. But in order to this, he saw the necessity of putting down Mr. J. Ross, the principal chief, who has even been known to be the firm and unshaken defender of the nights of his people. In the early stage of the business, therefore, if I am rightly informed, he answered the principal chief of falsehood. On this, a member of the council arose, and proposed dispensing with the remainder of Mr. Schermerhorn's address, and of course he could not be heard through. But the honourable agent, instead of being ashamed of his impoliteness, to say the best, was intoxicated with anger, and mad because the reputation of Mr. Ross stood on a basis too firm to be shaken by the breath of slander. On learning the disposition of the agent, the council abandoned all hope of treating with him and appointed a delegation to go to Washington City, and adjust all their difficulties with the secretary of war.

 Mr. Schemmerhorn then, in his own name, appointed a council at New Echota, for the purpose of treating with the Cherokees, and declared that all Cherokees who did not attend that council, should be considered as coinciding with whatever might be done by those who did attend. But as the council knew he had no right thus to impose laws on them,
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