the same level, but the surfaces had disintegrated, and there was a mass of loose earth, which was removed to a depth of 6.9 feet below the floors of the other three rooms, where another floor was found slightly less firm than those.

Reverend Isaac T. Whittemore, who has been designated by the honorable the Secretary of the Interior as the custodian of the ruin, rendered me valuable assistance in the performance of my mission.  He has manifested a zealous concern for the preservation of the ruin and has given time and labor to that end.  There is no provision for his just compensation.  I therefore recommend that if any funds be found available after the payment of the amount due the contractors the same be ordered paid to Mr Whittemore for his services.

      Very respectfully,
          H. C. Rizer, Chief Clerk.

SUPPLEMENT

CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT RELATING TO THE CONDITION OF CASA GRANDE IN 1895, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING ITS FURTHER PROTECTION

I. Letter of Reverend Isaac T. Whittemore, custodian of Casa Grande, to the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for further protecting the ruin

  Florence, Arizona,
      July 25, 1895. 
  Honorable Hoke Smith,
      Secretary of the Interior.

Dear Sir:  It is with great hesitancy that I write to add to the burdens of one so busy and burdened as I presume you to be.  But it is not for myself but for others that I write, and will try to be laconic.

  Can you embody in your next report to Congress an appeal for an
  appropriation of $7,000 or $8,00[0] to roof the Casa Grande ruin, to
  fence 40 acres, and make excavations of all the mounds in the
  vicinity for the purpose of learning the history of the wonderful
  people who once lived here and erected the buildings and built
  canals?
      * * * * *
  Very sincerely, yours,
      Isaac T. Whittemore,
          Custodian Casa Grande.

II. Indorsement of the Mr Whittemore’s by the Acting Secretary of the Interior

  Department of the Interior,
      August 7, 1895.

Respectfully referred to the Director of Bureau of Ethnology for consideration of so much of within letter as relates to the Casa Grande ruin, and such recommendation as the facts may warrant, and report.

  Wm. H. Sims,
      Acting Secretary.

III. Letter of the Acting Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Interior suggesting an examination of Casa Grande with a view of its further protection

  Smithsonian Institution,
      Bureau of American Ethnology,
          Washington, August 28, 1895.