[468] April 21, 1840.

[469] Coody, in an interview with the Secretary of War, persisted in considering the murders of Boudinot and the Ridges as justifiable. General Arbuckle's letter of notification bore date April 21, 1840.

[470] Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Maj. William Armstrong, August 26, 1840.

[471] September 22, 1841.

[472] March 4, 1842.

[473] September 9, 1842.

[474] November 8, 1842.

[475] United States Statute at Large, Vol. IX, p. 871.

[476] May 6, 1844.

[477] May 30, 1844.