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1839 July 2. continued. on just & reasonable conditions, between the old settlers and the late emigrants; and in the third place to lay the foundation for a code of laws by which every man shall be fully protected in the peaceable enjoyment of all his rights and privileges. They announce that they, the old settlers, are there in Council with the late emigrants and they want the chiefs to comeup without delay, that they may talk over matters like friends and brothers. They add that the late emigrants are there in great multitudes and are perfectly friendly towards them: they have said over & over again that they will be glad to see the chiefs and the writers have full confidence that they will receive them with all friendship. The writers observe that there is no drinking there to disturb the peace, though there are upward of two thousand people on the ground. They send thses few lines to the Chiefs as friends; they want them to come