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1839. July 9, continued. They are fully apprized of their relation in which they stand to the generalgovernment, and of the high responsibilities under which the General is acting; & they feel assures that with his co-operation both tranquillity & perfect safety can be secured to the citizens of the United States & the Cherokee people. They declare it ever to have been their wish to cultivate the most friendly feel-ings towards their white brethren & all other. They add that even were there not pa-amount considerations, the weighty & unsettled business between the United States govern-ment and the Cherokee people, forbids the thought of any thing like hostilities on the part of the Cherokees. They would