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1839. June 24. continued. by his friends, whether it would not be mere adviseable for Gen: Arbuckle to request the chiefs & those whom he had decired to attend, to proceed to the abode of Mr Ross, accompanied by the General, or such of his officers as he may designate, and let the proposed consultation be held there. Mr Ross thinks this course calculated to give mere general satisfaction & tending to a speedier adjustment of any question involving a difference of opinion or feeling among the Cherokee people. He added that a convention of the people is to take place on-that day week, within a few miles of that spot, for the purpose of affecting a peaceable & brotherly re-union between the former citizens of the country & the late emigrants from the east: of this