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make a special exaunnatiou of, and report on, the ruin (luring the 

 autumn. 



I have the honor to be, yours, with great respect, 



W J McGee, Acting Director. 

 The Secketary of the Interior. 



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

 llureau of American Ethnologi/, approving the suggestion that Citsa 

 Grande he visited -with a vieic of determining the desirability of its fur- 

 ther protection 



Department of the Interior, 



Washington, September 12, 18f>'>. 

 The Director of the Bureait of American Ethnology, 



Smithsotiian Institution. 

 Dear Sir: lam in receipt of your letter of the liSth ultimo sub- 

 mitting a report ui)on the recommendation made by the Keverend Isaac 

 T. Whitteniore, custodian, that provision be made for further protection 

 of the Casa Grande ruin near Florence, Arizona, by the erection of 

 a suitable roof. 



In response th'reto I have to state that more specific information 

 concerning the present condition of the ruin and the probable cost of 

 providing ])roper jirotection for it is desirable in the preparation of an 

 estimate to be submitted to Congress with a view of securing appro- 

 priation for the work. To this end the Department gladly avails itself 

 of your offer to send an officer of your Bureau, at its expense, to make 

 a special examination and report on the ruin during the autumn of this 

 year. 



Very resi)ectfully, John M. Reynolds, 



Acting Secretary. 



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 J McGee 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Bureau of American Ethnology-, 



Washington, October 18, 1895. 

 Sir: Pursuant to your request of September 12, 1895, Mr W J 

 McCiee, ethnologist in charge in the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 will in a few days repair to Florence, Arizona, for the purpose of exam- 

 ining Casa Grande ruin and determining the desirability of further 

 works for its preservation. * * * 



In accordance with terms of preceding correspondence, it is of course 

 under.stood that the cost of the work will be borne wholly by thi.s 

 Bureau. 



I have the honor to be, yours, with great respect, 



J. W. Powell, Director. 

 The Secretary of the Interior, 



Washington, D. C 



