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1839 June 30. continued appointed a National Convention to meet at the Illinois Camp Ground were the writer's abode: that they meet on Monday, the 1st of July, and are then assembling under such good feeling as encourages the hope that all not clear of difficulty will become removed & the Cherokees re-united to enjoy the not clear of peace & prosperity. The writer hopes it may be practicable for Capt: Armstrong to visit them at their convention on the present important crisis of Cherokee affairs: he has dispatched their invitation by express from Capt: Armstrong's Cherokee friends who wish him to come & shake them by the hand and see peace & tranquillity restored on a permanent basis among them.-- The writer begs Capt: Armstrong to by their Choctace & Chickasaw friends not to apprehend any serious consequences from the late excitement; but to remain at ease and not to listen to badreports, as all will soon be well.

July 1. Gen: Arbuckle writes from Fort Gibson to John Ross, Geo: Lowry, Edward Gunter & Lewis Ross, Efqn, acting on behalf of the eastern Cherokees. The General has received their communication of the