▁US ▁Congress ▁but ▁formed ▁an ▁important ▁step ▁in ▁establish ing ▁friendly ▁relations ▁between ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁and ▁the ▁US ▁government ▁following ▁the ▁military ▁campaign s ▁and ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁Fort ▁Moh ave . ▁ ▁Post on ▁promoted ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁establish ing ▁a ▁res ervation ▁in ▁the ▁southern ▁portion ▁of ▁Moh ave ▁country . ▁Many ▁Moh ave ▁opposed ▁the ▁proposed ▁location ▁and ▁instead ▁argued ▁for ▁a ▁smaller ▁par cel ▁further ▁north ▁in ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁Valley , ▁which ▁had ▁more ▁fert ile ▁land . ▁With ▁I rat aba ▁and ▁an ▁engineer , ▁Post on ▁tra ve led ▁down ▁the ▁Colorado ▁River ▁to ▁survey ▁a ▁location . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 8 6 4 ▁the ▁post ▁commander ▁at ▁Fort ▁Moh ave , ▁Captain ▁Charles ▁At ch isson , ▁stated ▁that ▁I rat aba ▁was ▁against ▁the ▁proposed ▁location . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁Post on ▁gave ▁the ▁impression ▁that ▁I rat aba ▁was ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁it . ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁General ▁Richard ▁C . ▁Dr um , ▁At ch isson ▁reported ▁that ▁I rat aba ▁and ▁four ▁Moh ave ▁leaders ▁were ▁unh appy ▁with ▁how ▁Post on ▁was ▁handling ▁the ▁situation : ▁ ▁Fac ed ▁with ▁I rat aba ' s ▁disag re ement , ▁Post on ▁promised ▁that ▁the ▁US ▁government ▁would ▁assist ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁with ▁installing ▁an ▁ir rig ation ▁system ▁at ▁the ▁Colorado ▁that ▁would ▁make ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁res ervation ▁a rable . ▁This ▁apparently ▁convinced ▁I rat aba , ▁who ▁tra ve