Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to Mr. John Phillip Sonsa (Sousa?), Washington D.C. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.

Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to the Honorable Samuel H. Bruison, Washington D.C. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.

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.

Montezuma writes to Sloan about the impact of American politics on Indians and his firm belief that Indians are increasing as a people and will someday have their own Presidential candidate: also mentions printing problems in the latest Wassaja issue.

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.

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."