W J McGee, _Acting Director_.
The Secretary of the Interior.
IV. _Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Director of
the Bureau of American Ethnology, approving the suggestion that Casa
Grande be visited with a view of determining the desirability of its
further protection_
Department of the Interior,
_Washington, September 12, 1895_.
The Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology,
_Smithsonian Institution_.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo
submitting a report upon the recommendation made by the Reverend
Isaac T. Whittemore, 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 thereto I have to state that more specific information
concerning the present condition of the ruin and the probable cost
of providing proper protection for it is desirable in the
preparation of an estimate to be submitted to Congress with a view
of securing appropriation 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 respectfully,
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 McGee,
ethnologist in charge in the Bureau of American Ethnology, will in a
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.