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Baker, Kate, Carlos Montezuma Correspondence, 1888

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Title Baker, Kate, Carlos Montezuma Correspondence, 1888

Creator Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923

Date 1888

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Indian activists, Indian physicians, Indians of North America, Society of American Indians, United States, United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.), Yavapai Indians

Description Mostly correspondence, but also writings, miscellaneous documents and memorabilia, clippings and photographs relating to Indian rights activist and physician Carlos Montezuma of Arizona and Chicago, Illinois.

User-Contributed Transcription so unclear here & no rain so it is very hard to raise anything but a good many along the river bank have their little patches of ground where they raise a little corn, squashes & mellons that they make grow my carrying water from the river to water them with. In the spring the river overflows and helps about watering their "farms," as the call them. They eat the mellons all up rinds, seeds and all. Mesquite trees grow here & bear a unclear of bean unclear forms the principle part of their unclear what they call "seven beans" & they are fond of them to eat. unclear they kill birds, ducks, white quail etc. These Indians are so good & peaceable that Uncle Sam does not have to unclear them to be good so gives them nothing. He does not give them clothes or blankets

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Archival Collection Title Carlos Montezuma papers

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Call Number Ayer Modern MS Montezuma Box 1 Folder 9

BibID 991839828805867

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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