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Casa Grande^ Arizona. — Dr. J. W. Fewkes, of the Bureau of Amer- 

 ican Ethnology, who has had wide experience as an archeologist, spent 

 last winter in the excavation and restoration of the first group of 

 remarlvaljle ruins at Casa Grande, Arizona, under the appropriation 

 made to the Institution for that purpose. 



Doctor Fewkes is now at Casa Grande investigating the second group 

 or "compound" of these ruins, and his reports indicate that much val- 

 uable information regarding the aborigines of this section will be 

 obtained from the investigations now in progress. 



Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. — At the request of the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, Doctor Fewkes was directed on October 31, 1907, 

 upon the completion of the season's work at Casa Grande, to assume 

 charge of the excavation, preservation, and repairs of the cliff dwellings 

 and other prehistoric ruins in the Mesa Verde National Park, which 

 has recently been set aside by the President as a national park on 

 account of the important ruins it contains. 



In reply to a question the secretary explained the provisions of the 

 law for the preservation of American antiquities, which was intended 

 to prevent the destruction and waste of antiquities by unauthor- 

 ized persons or organizations, and cited several instances of such 

 depredations. 



REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12, 1908. 



Present, Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (chancellor) in the chair; Repre- 

 sentative James R. Mann, Representative William M. Howard, Dr. A. 

 Graham Bell, and the Secretary, Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 



Adjournment. — There being no quorum present, the chancellor 

 declared the meeting adjourned, previous to which, however, there 

 was an informal discussion on matters in connection with the Institu- 

 tion and its branches. 



