Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . special agent should be sent out toexamine the ruin. This suggestion was approved, and on April 27,1889, Special Agent Alexander L. Morrison, of the General LandOfiice, was instructed to proceed to the ruins for the jiurpose of investi-gating and reporting as to what method should be adopted for theirrepair and protection. Mr Morrison was further instructed to reportall the facts obtainable as regards said ruins of Casa Grande, inorder that appropriate action may be taken by the Department for itsj)reser
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . special agent should be sent out toexamine the ruin. This suggestion was approved, and on April 27,1889, Special Agent Alexander L. Morrison, of the General LandOfiice, was instructed to proceed to the ruins for the jiurpose of investi-gating and reporting as to what method should be adopted for theirrepair and protection. Mr Morrison was further instructed to reportall the facts obtainable as regards said ruins of Casa Grande, inorder that appropriate action may be taken by the Department for itsj)reservation. On ]May 15, 1889, Mr Morrison submitted a report to the Commis-sioner, describing his journey, the location of the ruiu, the ruin itself,and other ruins in the vi(dnity He stated that danger to the ruin wasof three kinds—(1) by vandalism, (2) by elements, (3) by recommended the construction of a roof and an underpinning of 25 Statutes, p. 961. Bureau of fIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. CXV ft V), -^^^^rj^:! . ?.;^?W::-:?#^^^- :^.^ 3^trs •sn. ^*^. t^. INTERIOR WALL OF CASA GRANDE RUIN MixDELEFFl STEPS TOWARD THE REPAIRS 327 stone for the walls. Fiually, he gave some historical notes, and closedwith a peroration. Mr ^loirisons plans were found impracticable, as their executionwould require an expenditure of many times the sum appropriated,and on September 23, 1889, all the papers in the case were transmittedby the Secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, for appro-priate action under the clause of the act referred to, as being withinthe i)rovince of your Bureau. It was ordered that the work be com-menced without the least delay, and November 27, LSSlt, Mr VictorMindelefl, of the Bureau of Ethnology, was detailed by the Directorand ordered to proceed to the ruin and report on the best means ofrejiairing it and protecting it from further destruction. He was alsodirected to make other investigations in the vicinity, which have norelation
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