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1839 May 15. - Gen: Arbuckle writes to John Rofs Principal Chief from Fort Eibron; he refers to remarks made by Mr Rofs a few days previous when at the Fort concerning Mosely who had charged John Smith unclear with an attempt to raise aparty to attack camp Illinois; he mentions the letter from Mr Rofs to him on that subject, in which he did not unclear, when he answered it, that Mr Rofs made no promise to summon the accuser of Smith & others : consequently he himself had instructed Lieut: Hammond to send Mosely to Fort Eibron, intending to notify Mr Rofs of his arrival, that the party accused might be required to attend. But Gen: Arbuckle learns from Lieut: Hammond that Mosely has, as the Lieut: is informed, fled to Georgia and that he is the only accuser : therefore it will be unnecessary for Mr Rofs to give himself further trouble in the affair at present . In a postscript to this letter, Gen: Arbuckle acknowledges one from Mr Rofs of the 14th covering one of the 13th from John R. Nicholson. Gen: Arbuckle thinks Nicholson is mistaken in supposing a company of volunteers intend entering the Cherokee Nation in pursuit of him : nevertheless, he will write by the same mail and otherwise present the possibility of such a circumstance, though he has no apprehension of anything of the sort. May 16. - Gen: Arbuckle writes to John Rofs, P.C. by a private hand. He refers to his letter of the day preceding by mail & repeats that Mosely having fled, Smith & others would not be expected at the Fort; - and also that there was no probability of any volunteers from Arkansas entering the Cherokee Nation. May 16. - T. Hartley Crawford Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington writes to the Rev. Lucius Balles, corresponding Secretary for the Baptist Board of Missions, Massachusetts, saying that Cherokee of high standing & intelligence have represented that Evan Jones, a missionary sent by the Baptist board to their people, had been guilty of acts which forbade his residence among them any longer in that capacity ; had been arraigned for the atrocious crimes but