The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 127, May 1881, U. of Illinois Press

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MAY · I88I 3 Pablo or Paul Rios, a seventeen-year-oId Papago, proved too violent-natured for Hampton. He was returned home in 1883 and died the following year. 4 Benjamin Stago, an Apache, age thirteen, attended Hampton from 18 to 1884. His record following his return home was erratic. He served as teacher and interpreter but also spent time in jail and was reputedly a drunkard. Samuel Chapman Armstrong to George Washington Campbell1 and Other Trustees of Tuskegee Normal School ''Hampton, Va.] May 3 ~ 8 Gentlemen Yours of the with is recd. The only man I can suggest is one Mr. Booker Washington a graduate of this institution, a very competent capable mulatto, clear headed, modest, sensible, polite and a thorough teacher and superior man. The best man we ever had here. I am satisfied he would not disappoint you. He cannot well be spared till Oct. ~ st. Could you give him time and how much? Are the buildings all ready? Is the appropriation one to be depended on from year to year? Is his being colored an objection?2 He can find firsts colored assistants. I am confident he would not disappoint you. I know of no white man who would do better. He has been teaching in this institution the past year & I am ready to promote him because he so richly deserves it. I go to Europe on the ~ oth June. Please answer by night telegrams at my expense if satisfactory; also by letter promptly. Yours respectfully S C Armstrong ALpS Armstrong Letterbooks President's Once Vault ViHaI. ~ George Washington Campbell, an ex-slaveowner and leading citizen of Tuskegee, joined the board of trustees following Thomas B. Dryer's retirement due to illness in the spring of 188~. A fifty-two-year-old merchant and banker, Campbell remained a trustee throughout his life, serving Alabama as one of three commisI27