CONTENTS 



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Introduction 321 



Description of the ruins 321 



Condition of Casa Grande in 1891 323 



Plans for the repairs 325 



Execution of tlie work 326 



Eeservation of tlie land 330 



Specimens found in the excavations 330 



Exhibits 333 



I. Contract for repairing and preserving Casa Grande ruin, Arizona .. 333 

 II. Plans and specifications for the preservation of the Casa Grande ruin, 



Arizona, 1891 335 



General requirements 335 



Clearing out the debris 335 



Underpinning walls 336 



Filling in openings 336 



Bracing 336 



AVire fencing . ._ 337 



Roof 337 



III. Plans and sections 337 



IV. Oath of disinterestedness 338 



V. Bids 338 



VI. Indorsements 339 



VII. Report of Mr H. C. Rizer 310 



Supplement Sl-t 



Correspondence and report relating to the condition of Casa Grande in 



1895, with recommendations concerning its further protection 344 



I. Letter of Reverend Isaac T. Whittemore, <"UStodianof Casa Grande, 

 to the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation 



for further protecting the ruin 344 



II. Indorsement of Mr Whittemore's letter by the Acting Secretary 



of the Interior 344 



III. Letter of the Acting Director of the Bureau of American Ethnol- 



ogy to the Secretary of the Interior suggesting an examination 



of Casa Grande with a view of its further protection 344 



IV. Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Director of 



the Bureau of American Ethnoloi;y approving the suggestion 

 that Casa Grande be visited with a view of determining the 



desirability of its further protection 347 



V. Letter of the Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to 

 the Secretary of the Interior regarding the examination of Casa 



Grande by Mr W .1 McGee 347 



VI. Report of the Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to 

 the Secretary of the Interior on the examination of the condi- 

 tion of Casa Grande by Mr W J McGee, with a recommenda- 

 tion concerning its further protection 348 



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