Fort Mojave Industrial School correspondence, administrative and financial information, image 005

3 3. measure of course. They might have been a rich people but they have been surrounded by such terrible influences. Fort and the Needles, that they have been learned all the white man's view of which gambling is the most universal. Without much effort they could be settled on the rich bottom land of the Colorado, and with a little assistance made well-to-do American citizens. I find that [not legible] [not legible] through a mistaken idea of course has promised them many things in my name such as supplements, [not legible] for irrigating purposes etc… I understand that the Mojaves still on the reservation are getting these things. If this be true could it not be feasible to assist in like manner these more deserving Indians who have had the first two leave the [not legible] ration system and the [not legible] to sufferable themselves?