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1839 July 12. continued. united, there could be no adjustment of their difficulties. Mr Ross answered him declining the adjournment of the Coun-cil or convention, but requesting the Super-intendant to visit it, which he did; & found about two thousand Cherokee men upon the ground. He remained all night. He saw nothing like disorder: every thing he saw indicated a friendly feeling: not a drunken Indian was in the Camp. He met them in Council; explained to them the object of his visit and that the old (the western) chiefs, with what was called the Ridge party, were at Fort Gibson: that they had now determined to accede to the proposition made to them at the council, to appoint an equal number from each party & meet in convention and adopt such a constitution and laws as might be