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- Creators: Montezuma, Carlos
Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to the Hon. J.H. Sample, Los Angeles, CA. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.
Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to Miss Eda A. Dessau, Los Angeles, CA. Envelope is believed to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.
Addressing him as "Dear Wassaja", Marie Keller Montezuma writes her husband asking for money, for news of her mother, and copies of the magazine, detailing travel expenses, car trouble, and the misadventures of a trip across the Southwest.
Montezuma urges Mike Burns and the McDowell Indians to keep McDowell land and Verde River water; NOT to move to Salt River Reservation as proposed.
Charles Dickens sends Montezuma news about the progress of farming at the McDowell Reservation, mentioning grain planting, the cleaning of irrigation ditches, and the family's health.
Replying to Montezuma's earlier January letter of the same year, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C.F. Hauke tells Montezuma that it is in the best interests of the Fort McDowell Indians to move to the Salt River Reservation.