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set apart for the red children of Ben Curry. I understand in some of your letters to me that the contents of my letter to friend Daniel Colston were somewhat insulting to that Ben : Curry. I am truly sorry to think that I have wounded the feelings of my friend Ben : Curry; for I had no such intention when I wrote to friend Daniel Colston; but if Ben : Curry wishes to invalidate my letters, or any intelligence from me in this country, I want Ben : Curry to have a fair chance to do so; and I also want him to understand distinctly that I am in the Arkansas Cherokee Nation. And according to Ben : Curry's promises, as a superintending agent for the Cherokee Emigration from the East to the West, a good many of the Cherokees are now in this nation, reaping and enjoying the benefits & priveleges of Ben : Curry's promises. Well, Sir. Here rises the question. What are the promises, and what is the result of the promises. My understanding of Ben : Curry's promises to the Cherokee Emigrants, is this. Go to the Arkansas Country and there you will be protected by the government of the United States. Treaties will be complied with in all the stipulations of the Treaties. You will have a guarantee for your lands. You shall have the privelege of self government. You shall be out of the United States & Territories. You shall be paid for all your improvements & all the property you abandon in the east, shall be paid for by the government of the United States. The way shall be opened. Your expences shall be borne by the government of the United States. You shall receive your money immediately when you arrive at the Cherokee Agency West. You shall have your choice whether to take money or rations,- which come to you as an emigrant from the government of the United States, under the Treaty of 1828. Well, Sir, the way has been opened for us in 1834. - We all arrived at the place appointed for us early in the Spring of 1834. We were all in great haste to see the agent, so as to get our rations; for, although we had the choice of getting money or rations, we were, from necessity, compelled to take corn & cattle; - and that, not as we pleased.- Most of the cattle that the emigrants got, were as wild and as unruly as the buffaloes in the western prairies from us. And as to the money arising from our improvements, it was only paid to us a few days since. And as to the property belonging to the emigrants, to be delivered to