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.

Mike Burns and the leaders of the McDowell community entreat Montezuma to help them stay on their land and help them go to Washington D.C. to request a dam for the irrigation of their land. They also ask him for advice about allotment.

In the letter, Montezuma defends the water rights of the Fort McDowell community and the construction of a proposed dam, and states emphatically that "it is not their wish to move."

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.

Letter to Montezuma from his friend Joshua Russell describing the farming conditions at Santan, Arizona, including irrigation water, crops of wheat, hay, corn and watermelon, and lack of fencing wire for allotted land.