now, this is a letter to his friend james prentice. my opinion is that it would be of vast importance to have persons there, texas, who could look at matters with a view to make changes, to make changes, which are necessary and must take place before long in that country and without which it could never be what it ought to be for the benefit of those interested. several persons have said to me that i was looked for. well, we know who that was. and earnestly wished for by the citizens of texas. dr. dillard, a highly respectable gentleman, was one of the numbers. the people looked to the indians on the arkansas river as auxiliaries in the event of a change. he's being kind of coy here. so i will pass that way and see my old friend. i will ride -- he's still in the united states when he write this is -- i will ride to the hermitage this evening and see the old chief, general jackson. salute our friends. so, again, he's not in texas yet but he's already speculating that if the change comes about, he can enlist indians north of the red rive