26/31 I believe that it could not be in better hands. If you will call, tomorrow afternoon, your written instructions and powers to act for me, and to enter into engagements in my name, will be ready for you; and I should wish you to start the next morning. You will have an escort of twenty troopers. These Indian princes have little respect for persons who travel unattended. If he will be satisfied with less you will, of course, grant as little as you can; if he demands more, you must refer the matter to me. |