[Copy] [Resolve of Congress September 5, 1788] By the United States in Congress Assembled. September 5^th 1788. Resolved, That the Secretary at War be, and he is hereby directed to have a sufficient number of the troops in fitness of the United States, in readiness to march from the Ohio to the protection of the Cherokees, whenever Congress Shall direct the same, and that he take measures for obtaining information of the best routes for troops to march from the Ohio to Chota, and for dispersing among all the white inhabitants Settled upon or in the vicinity of the hunting grounds Secured to the Cherokees by the treaty Concluded between them and the United States Nov^r 28^th 1785 the proclamation of Congress of this date. Resolved, That Copies of the said Proclamation and of these Resolutions be transmitted to the Executives of Virginia and North Carolina, and that the said States be, and they are hereby requested to use their influence that the said Proclamation may have its intended effect to restore Peace and harmony between the Citizens of the United States and the Cherokees, and to prevent any further invasions of their respective rights and possessions, and in case Congress Shall find it necessary to order troops to the Cherokee towns to enforce a due observance of the said Treaty, that the said States be and they are hereby requested to cooperate with the said troops for enforcing such observance of that Treaty. Resolved That the papers which have been transmitted to Congress concerning certain hostilities alleged to have been committed by John Sevier and others on the Cherokee Indians at Chota, be referred to the Executive of North Carolina, and that the said Executive be, and they are hereby earnestly requested to cause enquiry to be made into the said hostilities, and to take measures for having the perpetrators thereof apprehended and punished. (Signed) Cha^s Thomson Sec^y A true Copy H. Knox