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is well founded; and upon the ^whole the people is not very com
municative towards with them - the people ^inhabitants generally are
much alarmed respecting the conduct of those two Comm
issioners, and I am sorry to inform you that they
Generally seems to be appear to be much sowered [sic] with against the present
measures of the United Government altho you know
A short time past there was no greater ^not better friends in the
union. United States the Cherokees are daily moving Down over
into the Spanish Dominions, and am sorry to add
numbers of whites also, who are encouraged by a neighbour
ing nation, ^who I and fear they will be, but too successful,
on that head - Many fears and
doubts are entertained by some of an indian war
and great pains taken to prevent it, but if it
was wished for, more effectual measures could not
be pursued to bring it about - I have the pleasure
to inform you that the emigration to this State
is very great and promises to be more so than last year

As the present measures of the federal Government gives rise to much
uneasiness among many of our useful respectable Citizens -