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1839 Aug:20 continued. their country; but that they acknowledge not the power or"molveracy?" of John Ross or his constituted authorities;- that they never will submit to his authority or dictation; that as the only alternative which seems to be left to them, they confidently and solemnly appeal to the government of the United States for justice and protection; that they cannot, like Mr Ross, invest themselves with military guards of their country-men for life, and promise them pay from money due to their wholecoun-trymen; and yet that they are two well warned of ghe consequences of remain-ing at home & attending to their concerns;- that secret assassination would go on, and their whole party be destroyed, before any declaration of hostilities would be made, which the military of the country would feel authorized to treat as "domes-tic strike";- tat therefore the treaty party have sent their trusty friends John Bell & Stand Lvatie to the Secretary of War, to solicit that protection promised in the treaty and which they confidently believe the gov-ernment of the United States are able and willing to afford; that they solemnly ask for redress for the murders of their friends, who have been assassinated without & hearing, without a trial and without a crime; that they ask that their own lives remain not in jeopardy; that they ask not to be bought under the power of John Ross & his partizans; that they ask that the money due to the Chero-kee people under the treaty be not paid to a party who acknowledge