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1839. July 22, continued. concur in the proceeding of the Con-vention, that they will not, for a mo-ment think of resorting to violent measures, but will again, and at an early period, offer to meet their eas-tern friends in convention, for the purpose of establishing a new gov-ernment for the Cherokees.

July, 22. The officers of the National Convention at Illinois Camp Ground, write to Gen: Arbuckle at Fort Gibson. The General's communication of the 20th instant is before them. They have considered its contents. They are much gratifies to find that he has no doubt of their desire to preserve peace with the U-nited States & with their own peo-ple. But they are utterly at a loss to discover why the course they are pursuing should produce a different result. They declare their proceedings to be altogether pacific and forgiving; that no harsh feature has marked any of their actions; that every measure, is, on all hands, allowed to be perfectly just and reasonable and generous. They ex-press wonder that, under these circumstances, so strong should be the General's apprehension of hostilities, as to call for the issue of arms, and ammunition and the levying of forces on the frontier, to repel invasion from the Cherokees. They, the people of that convention have repeatedly assured the General of their peaceable intentions, and he has assented to the sincerity of their declarations. They respectfully ask the General who are the projection of hostility, and against whom it is designed to operate? And they also ask, whether hostilities are medi-tated against them from any quar-ter; and if so, to be apprized. They