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1839 June 10, continued lofres sustained by the nation in violation of treaty stipulations, present strong claimed onthe justice of the people & government of the United States, which it is hoped

will in the end be respected. The tenure of the soil on which they Cherokees now stand, & the relation is which shall hereafter "unclear"  between them and the United States are questions ofthe  first magnitude, therefore to be understood & to be clearly defined by a general compact, for the security and protection of the nation's permanent welfare & happiness. He concludes by reminding that the truth is self evident that a house  divided against itself understood & that United they stand, divided they full.

June 11.__ "Mr Brown?", [unclear]]Lovney & "unclear"Roger, Chiefs of the Cherokee Councill West, send John Rofs & his Chief & Council a paper bearing this date & addressed to them by their Council at " Jakuttokuh, to the following eff ct:- The National Council cannot act understandingly upon the propositions of their brothers migrants from the eastern Cherokee Nation: they think