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1839. July 20.continued. and hope that in future he will treat them with the merited contempt of silence. They add that it is true they have, among other regulations, revierd the light horse system which has been in use for many years among the Chertokees,; but it is as even, for executing the laws of the country, and not for hostil-ities. They say they have been making such regulations as they think suitable to the Cherokee people, and they propose to send them down to the com-templated meeting of the 22d, to show them what has been done , and its propriety and the impor-tance of union to their prosper-ity & happiness; and they pre-pose sending them by a respect-table committee from their convention, armed & accorded with prudence & discretion.- The writers would like to hear if in this there is anu thing wrong, as they are ready at all timed to correct at once any er-ror. From the assurances given to the General of their peaceable feelings towards the citizens of the United States, they hope as a mat-ter of justice to them & to the them & to the citizen on the frontier, the Gene-ral will, without delay, adopt such measures as in his discretion he may think best to give them quiet; from any of the writers or their adherents, they have no danger to fear. The writers had forgot-ten to mention that John Looney (one of the western chiefs) was with them there on the day previous and that he expresses himself not only satisfied but pleased at what has been done at that convention & has prom-ised to give his influence to their proceeding at the meeting