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1839 August 14. continued. therewith has the honor to transmit for the information of the government, documents, from 1 to 6, in relation to the state of affairs in the Cherokee nation, which, for the present, or for a short time, the General says may remain with-out further violence being commit-ted; - but he adds that as the government of the Cherokee nation theretofore (or the old settlers) have made repeated propositions to Mr Ross, or the late emigrants, to unite with them, which have been rejected, they (the old Settlers) as Gen: Jones will perceive [by their appeal to the United States therein forwarded by Gen: Arbuckle ] desire to be protected in the