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1839. July 20. continued. the meeting which is at hand. They ask whether they may hope for better times or not? Whether this looks like civil war? They do not think so. They send the General the copy he desires.

July 20. Gen: Arbuckle at Fort Gibson as-dress John Ross Esq, Principal Chief of the Eastern Cherokee & others, in Council at Illinois Camp Ground. The General received their commu-nication of the 19th instant, and was much gratified to learn that