R. J. Cowart, U. S. Cherokee Agent.
[Endorsement] A true copy from the original as taken by me March 1st 1861
Will P. Ross
4. Newspaper clippings, one containing the Choctaw resolutions of February 7, 1861, and the other this:
Dr. J. J. Gains, (an old editor) dropped in upon us, last week, on his way to Little Rock, from the Indian country. His mission was one of peace, and not to “incite rebellion” as was telegraphed to Washington City, by some officious person. We were glad to learn from him, that our border friends are all right.
[180] General Files, Cherokee, 1859-1865, C515; Official Records, first ser., vol. xiii, 491-492.
[181] Stephens says they were almost equally divided on the question of secession [Constitutional View of the Late War between the States, vol. ii, 363].
[182] On April 20, 1861.
[183] Stephens, op. cit., vol. ii, 375; Official Records, first ser., vol. i, 674, 687.
[184] Official Records, first ser., vol. i, 686.