Phy s i c a 1 Ant hr o po 1c g y 
G. 
Among the misleading statements made by McGee is one 
to the effect that the well -matured plans of the Bureau of 
Ethnology were interfered with by the appointment of a Curator 
of Physical Anthropology in the United States Hat ional Museum# 
This is a grievance entirely without foundation® McGee has 
been speaking in hyperbole in his reports and elsewhere about 
the work of the Bureau in this branch* but the Bureau* so far 
as I am aware* has conducted no researches in Physical Anthro- 
pology and it paid no attention to this branch until forced to 
do so by pressure from without. The subject was entirely 
ignored by Director Powell. Under McGee’s administration 
nothing was done beyond the purchase cf two manuscripts* neither 
of which is complete and neither of which is now in the 
possession of the Bureau. One of these manuscripts (36 pages^ 
written ten years ago* was purchased from the author in 1897 for 
$200*00* It is now in his hands and he demands $500*00 to 
finish it* The other manuscript (42 pages) was purchased 
in 1899 for $200*00, and the author, in replying to a recent 
inquiry, states that he is not certain whether it is in Ms 
possession or not® 
The employment of a Curator of Physical Anthropology in 
the national Museum has no necessary connection with, and 
certainly no objectionable bearing on, the immature plans of 
McGee with respect to somatic researches in the Bureau* There 
was a great collection of crania and other osteological remains 
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