Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ich destruction is now inprogress, there is no hesitation in saying that the work should beundertaken at the earliest practicable date. It should be added that neither the Director nor any of the collabo-rators in the Bureau of American Ethnology have visited Casa Granderuin for some three years, and accordingly that there are no data inthis office to indicate whether there is especially urgent necessity forundertaking preservative work at this time; but much confidence isplaced iiithejiulgment of the cu
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ich destruction is now inprogress, there is no hesitation in saying that the work should beundertaken at the earliest practicable date. It should be added that neither the Director nor any of the collabo-rators in the Bureau of American Ethnology have visited Casa Granderuin for some three years, and accordingly that there are no data inthis office to indicate whether there is especially urgent necessity forundertaking preservative work at this time; but much confidence isplaced iiithejiulgment of the custodian, Reverend Isaac ,,who is known to several collaborators in the Bureau. The subject of the preservation of Casa Grande, in many respects,the most noteworthy Iuiii in the United States, is deemed important;and if the Secretary of the Interior desires more specific informationconcerning the present condition of the ruin, as a basis for furtheraction or judgment, it will be a pleasure to have an officer of this Bureaa BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. CXXV. MAP OF TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE R EAST, GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN <6 MILES SQUARE, SHOWING LOCATION OF CASA GRANDE RESERVATION AND RUIN MiNDELEFF] SPECIAL EXAMINATION UNDERTAKEN 347 make a special exauiiiiatioii of, and report on, the ruin during theautumn. I Inive tlie honor to be, yours, with great respect, W J McGee, Acting Secretary of the Interior. IV, Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Director of theBureau of American Ethnology, approving the suggestion that CasaGrande he visited with a view of determining the desirability of its fur-ther protection Department of the Interior, Washington, September 12, 18! Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology, *Sw(ithsonian Instiiution. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of tbe i-Sth ultimo sub-mitting a report upon the recommendation made by the Reverend IsaacT. Whittemore, custodian, that
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