few days repair to Florence, Arizona, for the purpose of examining
Casa Grande ruin and determining the desirability of further works
for its preservation. * * *

In accordance with terms of preceding correspondence, it is of
course understood that the cost of the work will be borne wholly by
this Bureau.

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

J. W. Powell, _Director_.
The Secretary of the Interior,
_Washington, D.C_.


VI. _Report of the Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Interior on the examination of the condition of Casa
Grande by Mr W J McGee, with a recommendation concerning its further
protection_

Smithsonian Institution,
Bureau of American Ethnology,
_Washington, November 15, 1895_.

Sir: Pursuant to a proposal made in connection with a report from
this office relating to the ruins known as Casa Grande, near
Florence, Arizona, under date of August 28, 1895, and to the
acceptance of this proposal in a communication from the Department
of the Interior under date of September 12, 1895, Mr W J McGee,
ethnologist in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology, has