THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION 
The year 1893 was fullf of interest and work 
for me. Aside from the normal activities connected with 
the Bureau of Ethnology and the varied field work connect- 
ed therewith, I was called upon to take an active part in 
the preparation of exhibits for the Chicago Exposition. 
The exhibit, prepared for the Smithsonian, and its Depart- 
ments, was extensive and its preparation in Washington 
and installation in Chicago occupied much of my time during 
the years 1893-94. My appointment as Honorary Judge 
in the Department of Ethnology, “orlds' Columbian Exposition, 
Signed by John Boyd Thatcher, is included here. 
While in Chicago in July, Wa gor Powell, Director 
of the Bureau, paid a visit to the Exposition, and this in+ 
teresting episode is recorded in a letter to my horie folks, 
a copy of which follows. 
