May 1, 1912

Professor E. G. Pickering,
Harvard Observatory,
Cambridge, Mass.

Dear Mr. Pickering:-

We expect to have one or two mem-
bers of this year's Expedition sta-
tioned in or near Cuzco during the
period of from three to five months.
After your remarks to me on the train
the other day, I think that it would
be advisable for them to keep a mete-
orological record. I shall expect to
provide them with the barometer which
you have kindly offered to lend us
from the Arequipa station, also with
a sling psychrometer, and with a max-
imum and minimum thermometer, and a
rain guage. Do you think anything
else will be necessary? What instru-
ments would you recommend us to buy?

Would you recommend us to take a self-recording thermometer or a self RECORDING aneroid barometer, or neither, or both?

I am very desirous of taking these observations in such a way as to be most useful to you, and to fit in best with the observations which you have already taken. Any suggestions will be most gratefully received, not only in regard to the camp at Cuzco, but with regard to the field points.

Believe me to remain,

Faithfully yours,

May 1, 1912.

Dear Doctor Nelson:

We have not as yet appointed a physician for the Peruvian Expedition. I am glad to hear that you are still open for the appointment, and are ready to go with us. Is this your understanding of the position? (1) That you are to receive 100 a month from the time of coming to New Haven until you are released after returning from the field, and after having prepared your report and arranged the photographs and anthropological measurements, etc., connected with your work. (2) That you would be ready to leave New Haven on June 7th and willing to remain here after your return in December long enough to complete the report, etc. even if that took two or three months. (3) That you would be willing to do whatever turned up and serve the expedition in whatever way the director felt would best conducive to the interests of the expedition.

If this is your understanding of the situation, kindly let me know by return mail. There are three doctors in sight, but personally I believe you would be perfectly competent to carry on satisfactorily the work of the expedition, and I shall be glad to hear from you at your earliest convenience.

Dr. Luther T. Nelson,
Lawrence, Massachusetts.

May 1, 1912.

Dear Mr. Camp:

You may remember that at the time we were discussing the last Peruvian
expedition, a conversation which was followed by your very kindly sending
me a pair of golf breeches, you offered to send us some of the new "gold"
watches which you were getting out with special reference to South Ameri-
can trade. I presume the matter slipped your mind at that time as I
heard nothing further from you. If you felt like contributing a dozen
of the watches to the next expedition, we could make good use of them.
If it is contrary to your policy, don't hesitate to say so.

Faithfully yours,

Walter Camp, Esq.,

215 Bishop Street,

New Haven, Connecticut,

May 1, 1912.

Mr. A. H. Bumsted,
Townsend Harbor, Mass.

Dear Sir:-

Mr. Henry Gannett, the President
of the National Geographic Society,
telegraphs me today highly recommend-
you for the position of Chief Topogra-
pher of the Peruvian Expedition of
1912. I am sending you by this mail
a copy of the "Preliminary Report" of
last year's expedition, which will
tell you something of the kind of work
that we are doing.

I telegraphed you this noon as
follows: "Can you come to New Haven
at our expense and see me regarding
the position of Chief Topographer in
the Peruvian Expedition? Please wire
me when you can come."

Our resources are not very large, and those men who are released by the University will go without salary. We realize, however, that we cannot get a first-class topographer on such terms as those, and are prepared to pay $150 a month in addition to all expenses. The conditions of the work I shall be glad to talk over with you when you come to New Haven, which I hope will be as soon as possible. The term of employment would last at least ten months, if not twelve, of which seven would be in the field and the rest in New Haven. We should expect to pay all of your traveling expenses and field expenses, and t provide you with office room and all essentiala for doing the office work on your return and while staying in New Haven. Before making any definite offer, however, I should like to talk things over with you personally.

Sincerely yours,

29 Marlborough Street,

Boston, May 1, 1912.

Mr. Hiram Bingham.

Yale University,

New Haven, Conn.

My dear Bingham:

It was not until today that I got anything that I cared to telegraph about Maillard. It is all one way, and from men that have had the best opportunities to form an opinion. They speak of him in the highest terms, say that he has a most pleasing personality, always genial, as they expressed it, "always on the job", never questioning whose a piece of work was, excellent professional ability, and has, to use their expression again, "real horse sense".

I telegraphed you to that effect this afternoon.

Pardon my delay in sending my best wishes and condolences to your good wife in her fivefold measley affliction. Both Mrs. Dane and I hope that it will turn out well with both patients and parents.

May 1, 1912.

Dear Mr. Abercrombie:

Last night I sent you a night letter asking you to make six Abercrombie
Improved Tents as described in your last letter to me, except that we did
not desire any rear windows, although we do want a ventilator at the top
as in the Parker tents of last year, and we also want a heavy ground cloth
as furnished to that tent and the same excellent quality of cloth used in
the tent itself that was put into the Parker tent. How soon can you ship
these tents? I am anxious to have them just as soon as possible, as I shall
probably have to sail for Peru on the 11th or 18th of May.

Mr. Johnson of the Department of Purchases and Supplies has my authori-
zation to purchase the other supplies needed for the expedition wherever he
can do so to the best advantage. I understand that on several items local
dealers have handed in the most satisfactory bids. In case of doubt in
regard to any of the orders which he gives you, kindly communicate with me
at once, so that the goods may be fight. I am sure that you are as anxious
as I am to have everything satisfactory. I am sorry that you could not give
us a better price on more things.

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New Haven, Conn.

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items our prices are high. On the goods I make myself I have
made the prices as low as I deemed consistent with first class
materials and workmanship, but we have different grades of material
and if we could have had the pleasure of your call we could have
gone over these and possibly we could have made up different
prices to have met those of our competitors. I am very anxious
to continue doing your work, and am anxious to have your full
order.

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WORCESTER, MASS.

May 1, 1912.

Hiram Bingham, Ph.D.,
Yale University,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Dr. Bingham:-

Mr. Lincoln has asked if I would reply to
your letter regarding the matter of the proof upon the paper on
Vitcos. I sent this to the printer yesterday and have it prom-
ised for the end of the week. I will surely get it to you be-
fore you leave for Peru.

Our rule is to print 60 reprints of each article of which
30 go to the author and 30 to the Society. We occasionally make
arrangements to provide over this number, although not at the
expense of the Society, if there is especial occasion for it.

It seems to me that it would be best to reproduce the three
maps upon single page plates, as in this way they would be most
convenient for consultation. An example of this is shown in the
plate facing page 162 in the last number of our Proceedings.
Folding plates are not only expensive but awkward. If you think
that the photographs will be of sufficient scientific value, we

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might reproduce them. It has been somewhat against the custom
of the Society to illustrate the Proceedings too heavily, since
in most cases it detracts from the scientific value of the mono-
graph. We occasionally reproduce maps and plans, but very seldom
photographic illustrations. Furthermore, we never use the ordi-
nary heliotype reproduction, which although used by most magazines
is not permanent, but reproduce only through the more expensive
gelatin process. Of course in final analysis, the matter would
have to come before the publication committee. I have merely out-
lined the former procedure of the Society.

USB/C

HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY,
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

May 2, 1912.

Professor Hiram Bingham,

Dear Professor Bingham:—

Your letter of May 1 is received. Unless your meteorological observations are needed for your own work, I would not advise you to expend much labor in making them. The instruments you name would be abundant. I think we have several thermographs and barographs at Arequipa, which are not in use, and, if so, we shall be glad to loan them to you, if you wish them. We have observations for several years in Cuzco as yet unpublished, but if you should print your results, we should be glad to discuss them in connection with ours.

FEH

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.

NEW HAVEN, CONN., May 2nd, 1912.

Dear Professor Bingham:

I am sorry to learn from your note of April 29th that there is question as to whether Professor Bartlett can go with you. As regards the other point, the remark in regard to making public the results of the expedition did not carry with it any criticism for the past; nor did it mean that, as the Committee talked the whole subject over, they felt that there was any reason for withholding such general statements as you would naturally make, and the public demands. Some of those present, however, felt that in view of the public interest attached to a prominent object of the new expedition, and the greed and shrewdness of the newspaper people, it was particularly desirable that all concerned should be on their guard in the future.

Professor Hiram Bingham,

New Haven, Conn.

May 2, 1912.

To His Excellency,
The British Ambassador,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Bryce:-

The enclosed note with reference
to an eruption of Coropuna, taken
from the "Revue de Géographie for
1878, page 416, will, I think, inter-
est you.

Faithfully yours,

May 2, 1912

Dr. J. Scott Keltie,
Secretary, Royal Geographical
Society,
London, England.

Dear Sir:-

Will you have the kindness to send
me a copy of the "Journal of the Roy-
al Geographical Society" for 1872, pp.
513-516, with the map? Notwithstand-
ing its age, I believe that it would
be useful to us on our next expedition
to Peru.

Very respectfully,

Aspen, Colorado,

May 2, 1912.

Prof. Hiram Bingham,

Yale University,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:

I have received a letter from Mr. Robert Stephenson saying that he would like me to give you a statement regarding his work, while employed on this Forest. Mr. Stephenson and two other Yale men did reconnaissance work on this Forest during the summer of 1910, and I am very glad that I can say that their work was satisfactory.

Mr. Stephenson proved to be an indus-
trious man and took great interest in accomplishing the
work outlined for him. Being new to this section of the
country, they had adverse conditions to contend with, and
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My dear Prof. Bingham:-

I have your letter of May 1st and confirm my telegram of this morning to the effect that I think it would be better to get a Treaty of some kind. As this is a diplomatic matter, I cannot very well advise you, but I should think if you have any friends in the State Department they can probably tell you the simplest thing that can be done.

I think if you are present in Peru yourself you can probably persuade the President to give you the concession, provided there is some kind of an agreement entered into between the two countries which need not be so formal as a Treaty. I think what you want is to have strong instructions given to our Minister in Lima to cooperate with you to the full-est extent, and do whatever is necessary to enable you to get your concession. You can easily explain to Pres. Leguia, that owing to the pending election and the early adjournment of Congress, it will be impossible for you to get a Treaty ratified in time to let you go to work. I should think if your University were to write a strong letter to the President it would also assist you. In the instruction which you are asking the State Department to

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give to the Minister, I would ask them to embody the copy of the
concession that you are going to ask for, and I would also ask the
State Department to address a communication to the representative
of the Peruvian Government in Washington asking his cooperation,
and also giving him a copy of the concession. I think in this
way, you may be able to get what you want without the formality
of an International Treaty.

May 1, 1912

J. Lewis Shaefer, Esq.,
P. O. Box 286,
New York City.

Urgent.

Dear Mr. Shaefer:

Thank you very much for your kind letter of April 30th. It is true that the thought of a treaty has an alarming sound, and would I fear arouse great opposition, particularly as all treaties have to be ratified by the Senate, and it is extremely unlikely that the Senate of the United States would care to give Yale University any such privileges, without giving them to all the western universities also. Both President Taft and the Secretary of State have already written to the Minister at Lima, stating that they would be glad to see the concession granted. The Minister has

replied that the President of Peru has consented to submit to Con-
gress any measure that I might prepare, saying that it would no doubt
meet with his entire approval. He further agreed that the conces-
sion should cover the full period of twenty years. He said nothing
with regard to a treaty, and we cannot understand here why a treaty
would be necessary, even if it could be secured, which seems to our
lawyers quite doubtful. As the President and Secretary of State have
already written to the Minister their wishes that he further this in
every way possible, is there any particular object in my troubling
them again? If the Peruvian Congress passes the concession on the
recommendation of the President of Peru, why is a treaty necessary?
Do you think there is any danger that such a concession would be an-
nulled by the next Congress? Is it not more likely that they would
be very cautious about annulling such a concession for fear of of-
fending the United States? The securing of a concession would not
arouse so much European hostility or animosity nearly so much unfavor-
able comment as to attempt to pass a treaty.

If on thinking this over, you still think the only thing to do
is to get a treaty, will you please telegraph me at my expense to
that effect, so that I may go to Washington at once and see what can
be done? Our Professor of International Law here says that such a
concession is not properly the subject of a treaty, and advises
against our attempting to secure such a treaty, but I know he does
not know anything about conditions in South America and you do.

I am glad that you feel that May 18th will be early enough to
start, as it would be extremely difficult for me to get off before
that date, although I could go on May 11th if I absolutely had to.

I am enclosing for your perusal a copy
of the concession which we should like to
secure. We would be very glad if you could
advise us as to whether it would be best for
us to send it through the State Department,
or whether it would not be more effective if
we sent it through you to Ballen, asking him
to secure for us the services of your lawyer
to put it into the best legal form, and to dis-
cuss the matter with the President before I
reach Lima.

Faithfully yours,

May 3, 1912.

Dear Bowman:

We should like very much to have here in our files the mounted photo-
graphs taken by you on the expedition. Please begin with the serial num-
ber 2001. I am very anxious to have the members of this year's expedition
look over them as soon as possible, and I hope there will not be any further
delay in filing them here. As you have two sets of prints I presume that
this request will not inconvenience you, except as it necessitates a little
additional work at this time.

If you could also take the time to draw up a few notes for the use
of the field reconnaissance parties, who go into new Yale's this year's
expedition, I should be very much obliged.

Professor Isaiah Bowman,
Peabody Museum, Yale University.

P.S. I am enclosing an order on the Treasurer of Yale University for
$75 to be apid to you to cover expenses of geological researches made
in connection with the material brought home by the expedition of 1911.

Peabody Museum, Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut,

May 3, 1912.

Professor Hiram Bingham,

Director of the Yale Peruvian Expedition.

Sir:

Further development of the discovery of the " Cuzco Man,"
and the search for evidence of the very early inhabitants of that
region, may properly include -

1. - A preliminary survey of the Cuzco Valley generally,
if possible under the supervision of the Director; after which
it is probable that further work may be profitably conducted along
the following lines:

2. - Critical study of the geological relations of the
apparently sedimentary gravels in which the bones were found,
If possible, this should be made by the Geologist or with his
cooperation.

3. - Careful search for other bone deposits in this cliff
and in other similar cliffs within easy reach of trails, wherever
located.

4. - Search for bone deposits at heights not easily acces-
sible from trails, such deposits being rarely in the category of
human burials. This will perhaps require the use of rope slings
tended from the top.

5. - In all excavations, the significance of remains of Pre-Hispanic and Hispanic animals must be borne in mind. In the category of Spanish animals, especial attention should be paid to the occurrence of domestic poultry, horses, asses, mules, and cattle. Certain classes of artifacts would be equally useful in determining whether deposits date from Pre-Hispanic or Hispanic periods.

6. - Special examination of skeletons of local bovines, to determine the value of peculiar bisontic(?) characters noted in the fragmentary bovine rib found with the Cuzco Man.

7. - As thorough an examination as time and means will permit of the so-called " ash deposits," to determine their origin and true character.

8. - The search for, and exploration of, ancient " camp sites " throughout the Cuzco Valley generally.

9. - Excavation and exploration in the neighborhood of all prehistoric ruins, cemeteries, water-holes, and ancient cultivated fields, wherever located.

As a rule, all material collected by the Osteologist, whether strictly osteological or ethnological, should be brought home by the Expedition.

May 3, 1912.

My dear Mr. Taft:

Receiving on the information which you so kindly forwarded from our
Minister in Lima, I have taken up the matter of the concession with
President Radley and with the University's lawyers, particularly with
Mr. John Bristol and Judge Toddard. As a result the enclosed concession
has been drawn, embodying in legal form the essentials outlined in my
first letter to you regarding archeological exploration in Peru. If you
think best a copy of this concession might be sent to the Minister in Lima
with the request that he continue to use his good offices in the matter.
I do not know whether it would be in order to send a copy also to the
Peruvian Minister in Washington, asking for his cooperation, but it seems
to me that it would not do any harm.

In regard to this year's expedition, in which the National Geographic
Society are joined with Yale University, we are shipping some seventy cases
of provisions from New York this week for use in the field while conducting our explorations in southern Peru. These goods are going via Panama.

I understand that there is a very great congestion of traffic on the Isthmus and that there is a strong probability that these boxes will be delayed.

CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

May 4th, 1912.

Professor Hiram Bingham,
367 Prospect Street,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Professor Bingham:

Replying to your letter of the 2d instant, I beg to state that I shall be glad to see you any time Tuesday forenoon, the 7th instant.

I am afraid, however, that I can hardly give you much encouragement in respect to work in archeology. Large bodies move slowly and it is important for us especially to proceed cautiously in contemplating work which may require concessions from foreign countries. Any institution having Mr. Carnegie's name attached to it may easily find itself handicapped by over-expectations with respect to the capacity of its income.

In any event, however, I shall be glad to talk with you again about matters anthropological.

THE YALE PERUVIAN EXPEDITION OF 1912

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

May 4, 1912.

THE YALE PERUVIAN EXPEDITION OF 1912
THE YALE PERUVIAN EXPEDITION OF 1912

My dear Doctor Bingham:

In the absence of the President, permit me
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 3d instant and to advise you that I am send-
ing excerpts from your letter, together with
the petition, to the State Department for atten-
tion, and other excerpts relating to the facilita-
tion in transit of food supplies and the rates
on the steamers to the Secretary of War. Upon
the President's return I shall be glad to bring
your letter to his attention.

Dr. Hiram Bingham,
New Haven, Connecticut.

Chuquibamba, mayo 4 de 1912.

Mr. HIRAM BINGHAM

New Haven - Conn (EE.UU.A.)

Mi distinguido doctor y muy recordado amigo:

Honroso y placentero me es di-
rigir á U.las presentes líneas,expresándole en prime r lugar mi aten-
to como afectuoso saludo,y deseándole en seguida iguales ó mejores
triunfos que los que hasta hoy viene U.conquistando en los campos de
la investigación y de la Ciencia.

Mucho tengo que agradecerle por el envío de su atenta postal,fe-
chada en esa el 21 de febrero último(en la que se ve claramente el
gran edificio de la importante Universidad de que forma U.parte),así
como del ejemplar de la revista "Harper's Magazine",en la que se re-
gistra la interesante monografía escrita por U.á cerca de aquella me-
morable ascensión á la cima del magestuoso Coropuna,sobre cuya cumbre
alabastrina dejára U.grabada una indeleble página de glória,en unión
de los que tuvimos el honor y singular placer de acompañarle.

El artículo de U., titulado "THE ASCENT OF COROPUNA", he logrado
hacerlo traducir al castellano:es, á no dudarlo, un trabajo de suyo in-
teresante, á la lectura de cuyas sugestivas páginas, ha acudido á mi me
mó ria, todo un blok de recuerdos á gridulces, y la evocación de gratas
emociones.........

Como se trata,pues,de un asunto que directamente atahe á la Geo-
grafía peruana,he determinado-con vénia de U.,desde luego-hacer publi
car dicho artículo en algun periódico de Arequipa, ó en uno de los dia
rios de la Capital, donde por cierto ha de ser recibido con verdade ro
agrado.

- 2 -

Hasta hoy no me ha sido dable escribir nada sobre la ex-
cursión al nevado que me ocupa, por no haber tenido los datos científicos relacionados con las observaciones físicas, que forman la parte técnica de la exploración en referencia. Hoy, contando con la base que me proporciona su ya enunciado trabajo, quizás me será posible elaborar algun artículo ó escrito, que oportunamente tendré el gusto de envíarloelo, formando parte del órgano de redacción en que se publique.

Voy á darle, de antemano, una noticia que á no dudarlo le par-
recerá inverosímil: reiteradas veses me han asegurado aquí, que la car-
pa dejada por nosotros en la planicie del pico que coronamos, ha sido
llevada á Pampacolca, por unos indígenas mandados expresamente por u-
no de los vecinos notables de dicha población, y que éste gratificó á
aquellos, con la suma de diez soles............-El deseo de averi-
guar á cerca de la versión ésta-que no pasa de la esfera de un simple
"canard", ha de determinar un viaje, que procuraré realizar á Pampacol-
ca, en el mes de Julio próximo entrante. Ya le avisaré lo que haya de
cierto sobre el particular.

No olvide U., mi predilecto amigo, la oferta que me tiene U.
hecha, de remiti me toda la colección de fotografías tomadas en el tra
yecto de Chuquibamba á la cumbre del gigantesco Coropuna; pues tengo
háncias de ver y presenciar nuevamente en pequeño, los diferentes y
mas importantes pasajes de esa ascención, que será el mejor recuerdo
que de U.y de Mr. Tucker tenga.

Lo saluda á la distancia, con verdadero afecto, en espera de
las órdenes q' e sean de su mejor agrado, su atto.y obsecuente amigo

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Prof. Hiram Bingham,
787 Prospect Street,
New Haven, Conn.

My dear Sir:

The shipment of 70 cases of Supplies for your ex-
pedition went forward in good shape, and in accordance with
instructions, and I hope that this time they will surely reach
the point where you are to receive them before your party ar-
rives, so that there will be no delay.

The packing of every one of these cases was carefully
attended to by our Mr. Watson, and from my inspection of the
same, at different stages of their preparation, I feel sure
that they will be to your entire satisfaction.

I hope that I may have the pleasure of seeing you
again before your departure, but if I should not be so fortunate,
allow me now to wish you a successful and thoroughly satisfactory
trip, and above all, good health for you and yours.

Every mention that I may meet of the progress of your
expedition will, I assure you, be read with the keenest interest.

With kind regards, I am

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
WASHINGTON

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

May 4, 1912.

Dr. Hiram Bingham,
Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut.

Dear Sir:

In reply to your letter of April 29:

The courtesy of supplying your Peruvian
Expedition with field notebooks last season was extended
because it was appreciated that in the short time left
for assembling the equipment, it might be impracticable
to provide your own field notebooks and the situation
was, to an extent, regarded as an emergency. In pre-
paring for this season, however, it is believed that
this exigency did not exist and I therefore cannot
conscientiously authorize the sending of the books
requested. The paper used is kept in stock by al-
most all printers and could be cut, printed and bound
on very short notice.

May 4, 1912

My dear Mr. Bingham:

It will be a pleasure for me to see you any day next week
provided you conclude that it is really worth while to make another
trip to Washington before you go to Peru. As to one point in your
letter of May 2d, which I now beg to acknowledge, it does not appear
to me, offhand, that it would be well to entertain any question of
a diplomatic convention touching your concession for archeological
exploration. My own impression is that once you have sufficient
assurance of facilities to justify your starting on your next ex-
pedition, it would be more practical to leave the discussion of
further arrangements with the Peruvian Government until you can
deal directly with the competent Peruvian officials on the spot
with the good offices of our Legation.

Wishing you all success, I am, my dear Mr. Bingham,

Professor Hiram Bingham,

Yale University,

New Haven Connecticut.

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We beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your instruments which shall receive our early attention.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.

NEW HAVEN, CONN., May 6th, 1912.

Dear Professor Bingham:

Jamieson has just brought me the joint
article by yourself and him on the water of that Peruvian lake.
I have talked over the matter of illustrations with him, but prefer
to have your decision before going ahead. By cutting off a little
from each end of the panorama, which would in no way affect the
value of the picture, and then by reducing the latter about one-
fourth, it can be brought down to a length of eight inches, so as
to go onto a single page of the article. This is the least ex-
pensive way and, scientifically, I think is a satisfactory solu-
tion of the matter. If, however, you feel that you must have the
panorama without reduction, it can be made a plate, twice folded;
and I will arrange it in this way if, as Jamieson suggests, you
wish to pay the cost, which I estimate at some $12. Such a plate
in a scientific periodical, the volumes of which are consulted for
years in the future, is in danger of being torn; and for myself I
should not hesitate to take the other method, which seems to me
more scientific and quite satisfactory in its results.

Professor Hiram Bingham,

New Haven, Conn.

May 6, 1912.

Dear Mr. Bryce:

Many thanks for taking the trouble to send me the letter of
introduction to your Minister in China. I am very glad indeed to have
it, and I have no doubt that his good-will can materially aid us in
the work of securing the concession.

Key 18th is the date set for us to sail, although part of the
expedition will not be ready to go before the 8th of June.

I hope you and Mrs. Bryce will have a most delightful vacation
in the southern hemisphere, and return much refreshed. It certainly
will be a relief to escape the awful noise that some of our acquaintances are now making in this country.

I am very sorry that your book will not be out in time for me
to use it in my classes this year, but I hope to take advantage of it
next year.

Tomorrow I have to be in Washington on business for the expedi-
tion and shall very much miss you. We have secured our ten men for
the expedition and everything seems to be running along smoothly.

With kindest regards, believe me to remain

Faithfully yours,

Right Honorable James Bryce,

The British Ambassador to Washington.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON,

May 7, 1913.

Mr. Rudolph Forster,

Executive Clerk, The White House.

Dear Mr. Forster:

I am in receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, inclosing
an excerpt from a letter to the President from Dr. Hiram Bingham,
of Yale University, in reference to certain transportation matters
connected with the joint expedition of the National Geographic
Society and Yale University to Southern Peru, and inclose, in dupli-
cate, a memorandum from Major Boggs, relative to the points raised
by Dr. Bingham, which is self-explanatory and in which I concur.

Inclosures:

Memo, in duplicate, from
Major Boggs, May 7, 1913.

Form 6
5000-4-12

UNITED FRUIT COMPANY
STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY SERVICE

W. A. SCHUMACHER
GENERAL TRAFFIC MANAGER

C. H. PATTENGILL
ASST. GENERAL TRAFFIC MANAGER

F. H. DIETZ
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
17 BATTERY PLACE

NEW YORK,

May 7, 1912.

P-

Prof. Hiram Bingham,
Director of the Peruvian Expedition,
Yale University,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Mr. Bingham:-

I am in receipt of your letter of May 6, and as requested
take pleasure in handing you herewith copy of our sailing list No.16, which
however is only good up to the end of May, and for further sailings I am
enclosing proof of our sailing list No.17 which is the best I can send you at
this time, but no doubt it will answer your purpose.

We have reserved on the S.S. "TURRIALBA", sailing May 18 staterooms
9 and 10, and this steamer will arrive at Colon on the 25 connecting with the
S.S. "PACHITA" of the Peruvian Line May 27. The steamer which sails from
New York on June 8 will arrive at Colon on the 16 too late to connect with
the S.S. "URUBAMBA" which sails on the 15. We have taken up with the Peruvian
Line the question of holding this steamer until the 16th, but they state
that they are unable to accommodate us. Therefore should the balance of your
party wish to connect with the steamer on the 15, they would have to leave
New York on June 5 arriving in Colon on the 12th.

In regard to the reservation from New Orleans would say that we have
written our Passenger Agent, Mr. George Neumann to reserve accommodations on the
steamer sailing from there August 31.

The Peruvian Line have not issued a schedule beyond May, and from the
best information obtainable we figured their sailings as follows:-

MANTARO June 1
UCAYALI 10
URUBAMBA 15
PACHITEA 24
MANTARO 29

In issuing tickets for your party we can make these good for any one of the
lines sailing out of Panama. We have also taken up with the other lines
the question of obtaining a reduced rate for your party, and all of them claim
that they are unable to grant this favor.

Yours truly,

General Passenger Agent.

A.F.H.D
Enc.

rno

ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION

WASHINGTON OFFICE

May 7, 1912.

MEMORANDUM for the Secretary of War:

SUBJECT: Letter from the White House, inclosing excerpt from a letter from Dr. Hiram Bingham, of Yale University, in reference to the joint expedition of the National Geographic Society and Yale University to conduct explorations in Southern Peru, and requesting that the transit of seventy cases of provisions, which are being shipped from New York via Panama, be facilitated across the Isthmus. Dr. Bingham also states that the expedition will consist of ten members, and inquires whether it would be possible to secure for them the same rate on the steamer of the Panama Railroad Company that is granted to Canal employees.

In reference to the above matter, Mr. Drake, Vice-President of the Panama Railroad Company, New York, has advised this office that there is now no congestion on the Isthmus which will delay the shipment of the goods referred to, but that if he is furnished full particulars relative to the shipment, i. e.: name of consignee, destination, date of shipment, and by what line shipped from New York, he will be pleased to send special instructions to the Isthmus to insure there being no delay in the transportation of the goods across the Isthmus.

In reference to granting the members of this expedition employees' rates on the steamer of the Panama Railroad Company, Mr. Drake states that he cannot consistently allow any reductions from the rates regularly allowed parties of this character, but that the regulations of the Panama Railroad Company provide for a reduction of twenty per cent off the tariff rates for scientific parties consisting of ten persons or more, and that, therefore, as Dr. Bingham states the party will consist of ten members, this reduction will be granted.

A folder of the Panama Railroad Steamship Line is transmitted herewith from which it will be noted that the regular rate for first-class passage from New York to Panama is $78.00, and the round trip rate, $148.50. If the party desires to avail itself of this route and the rates specified, it is suggested that future correspondence regarding the matter should be addressed directly to Mr. E. A. Drake, Vice-President, Panama Railroad Company, 24 State Street, New York City.

F. C. DOGGS,

Major, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.,

Chief of Office.

Inclosure: Panama R. R. Folder.

H. STUART HOTCHKISS
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

New Haven, Conn., May 7, 1912.

Dr. Hiram Bingham,

prospect Street,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Hiram:-

I am just in receipt of a letter from our
New York office, stating that they have engaged a room for
me on the United Fruit Company's Steamer "Turrialba",
sailing May 18th and arriving at Colon May 27th. I have
also found out that the C.S.A.V. Steamer Palena sails
from Panama May 28th, arriving at Callao June 6th. The
P.S.N.C. Steamer "Guatemala" sails from Panama on June 3rd
and arrives at Callao on the 10th to make connection
with the Oriana. I should very much prefer to take the
earlier boat and have those four days in Lima.

As I have to go down to South America
this Summer, I can't tell you how glad I am that the first
part of the trip is going to be with you.

HSH/C

YALE UNIVERSITY
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
WOODBRIDGE HALL, 105 WALL STREET.

May 7th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Bingham:-

I send you herewith a letter of a kind
which I hope meets your wishes, and also powers drawn up and
formulated by Mr. Bristol at my request. On the whole, he does
not think it necessary to have an attestation from the Secretary
of this State or of the United States; but the Peruvian Consul
in New York should annex his certificate to this one.

Professor Hiram Bingham,
787 Prospect Street.

W.R.GRACE & Co.

NEW YORK

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NEW YORK, May 7th 1912.

Prof. Hiram Bingham,

Yale University,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Prof. Bingham,

We are sending you by express
to-day, a small package containing;

6 master keys, anyone of which will open
all the locks of your provision cases

6 scissors can openers

We acknowledge yours of May 6th and
will order immediately. 6 extra cases like the lot of 20
cases. We understand that these are to be taken by you as
personal baggage on United Fruit steamer sailing May 18th,

per

E/M

May 8, 1912.

F. H. Dietz, Esq.,
General Passenger Agent,
United Fruit Company,
17 Battery Place,
New York City.

Dear Mr. Dietz:-

Thank you for your favor of May 7th, and for the sailing lists.
The four of us who sail on May 18th will take the Peruvian Line steam
er sailing from Panama on May 27th. The five who sail on June 8th
cannot leave on June 5th, and so will plan to take the Pacific Steam
Navigation Company's steamer which I believe sails from Panama on the
18th of June. Will you please send me time-tables of the Pacific
Line and of the Chilean Line? I am glad to see that in issuing tick-
ets for our party you can make them good for any one of the lines
sailing out of Panama. Does that mean that we can decide after we
get to Panama which one we shall sail on, or must that decision be
made before you issue the tickets? I ask this particularly, because
when I was last on the West Coast tickets good on the Pacific Steam
Navigation steamers were good on the Chilean Line, but were not good
on the Peruvian Line.

I am sorry that we cannot get any reduction in rate on the West
Coast. I will tell Prof. Gregory that reservations have been made
for him and Mrs. Gregory on August 31st from New Orleans, and if he
desires to change he will communicate directly with your passenger

Mr. Dietz: 2.
agent there.

Will it be necessary for me, sailing on the 18th, or for Mr.
Bestor, who will have charge of the party sailing on June 8th, to
have a special letter allowing us to carry excess baggage free?
You may remember that I was very much rushed about this the last
time we went to Peru, and it was only at the last moment that the
requisite order arrived. As this will be Mr. Bestor's first trip,
I am anxious to make it as easy for him as possible.

With many thanks for your kindnesses, believe me to remain

Faithfully yours,

E. C. FITCH, PRESIDENT

HARRY L. BROWN, TREASURER

WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY
WALTHAM, MASS.

SALES OFFICES
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BOSTON, 200 DEVONSHIRE STREET
CHICAGO, 31 NORTH STATE STREET
MONTREAL, 189 ST. JAMES STREET
LONDON, 125 HIGH HOLBORN

May 8, 1912

Dr. Hiram Bingham,

Director Yale Peruvian Expedition,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:

We acknowledge the receipt of your watch which you sent us to be put in order, and about which your secretary has written us in his letter of the 6th. We will give the work our immediate attention, and will endeavor to return the watch within a week as requested. When the watch has been put in thorough order, it will be sent to our Boston Office who will forward it to you through some retail jeweler to whom the charges may be paid, according to the plan explained in our enclosed circular. If you wish to send us your jeweler's name, our Office will be very glad to carry out your wishes in this respect.

C.J.O./B.

May 8, 1912

Thomas B. Wells, Esq.,
Harper's Magazine,
Franklin Square,
New York City.

Dear Mr. Wells:-

In reply to your letter of May 7th
I am very sorry indeed that the article
on the Cuzco bones does not suit you. I
am surprized that you think the article
is not of great popular interest, and I
cannot help feeling that you are mistak
en in this, particularly that as every-
where that the story has been told it
has aroused great popular interest. I
feel quite sure that this article could
not be effectively combined with either
of the others. They each carry their
own story, and it has been difficult
enough to get them brief enough to
avoid too much of your blue pencil. I
have no objection to your cutting down

the first part of the bones article as much as you wish, and I might be able to squeeze out three or four hundred words more on the scientific side, although I fear that it would tend to become too technical in that case. The article on Maochu Pichu is already in your hands, and I trust will meet with a better reception than the bones article. The last article will go through to you in the course of the next week or ten days. Frankly, it would be quite impracticable and would spoil the other two stories to attempt to mix them with the description of the Cuzco man, which is sufficiently interesting, and has attracted sufficient popular attention to deserve a story by itself. You are quite at liberty to change the introduction of the bones article in any way you wish, although I should like to see it as soon as as you have the galley proof. I expect to leave New Haven for Peru on May 17th.

YALE UNIVERSITY

SECRETARY'S OFFICE

EDWIN ROGERS EMBREE
ALUMNI REGISTRAR
AND ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

May 8th, 1912.

Professor Hiram Bingham,

25 Lampson Hall.

My dear Professor Bingham: -

In reply to your note of May 6th I am writing to inform you that
the memorials for the President of Peru and the Prefect of Cuzco have
not yet been engrossed. The translation of them has not yet been
handed me by Professor Clark. I am dropping him a note today asking
if I cannot have them directly. When prepared I am planning to deliver
them, as suggested in your letter of March 6th; that is, that for
President Leguia through the Department of State, and that for Prefect
Nuñez to you for personal delivery on your forthcoming visit to Cuzco.

MAR/

Form 6
5000-4-12

NEW YORK, May 9, 1912.

P-91

Professor Hiram Bingham,
Director - Peruvian Expedition,
Yale University,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir,

I am in receipt of your letter of May 8 and have reserved rooms 1, 3 and 5 on the S/s CARRILLO due to sail from New York on June 8 arriving at Colon on June 16 connecting with the Pacific Steam Navigation Company leaving Balboa (Panama) June 17 for Mollendo. We are unable to furnish the timetables of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company or the Chilian Line as they have not come to hand yet. The sailings of the Pacific Steam Navigation are alternate Mondays and Tuesdays the steamers of the Cia Sud-Americana de Vapores sail. Orders which we issue for passage on steamers on the West Coast are good on any of the three lines. I will take care of the matter of excess baggage for you as you request.

S: AHN

May 9, 1912.

My dear Mr. Pobezt:

Allow me to give you a hearty welcome to your new post. As I told you in Lima I am delighted that you have been appointed to represent Peru in this country, and I am only sorry that I am leaving before being able to see you. I expected to call on you the other day in Washington, but had to hurry back on account of family reasons before doing half the things that I hoped to do in the capital.

As you have probably learned, we are planning another expedition to Peru this summer, which will be under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society of Washington. We are anxious to secure permission to carry on archeological exploration and excavation in Peru for a period of years, and President Taft has promised me to use the good offices of the United States government to further this project. If you can consistently advise your government regarding the standing of Yale University in this country and the advisability of facilitating exploration, I shall greatly appreciate the favor. I know that your esteemed and honored President and many of your countrymen are well disposed toward our work, but there are a few others who would like to hinder us. Any-

May 9, 1912.

Dear Sir:

The detached service chest which you wore so good as to loan to
the Peruvian Expedition is now in the hands of the surgeon of the
expedition, Dr. L. T. Nelson, a graduate of the Harvard Medical School,
who has recently been resident surgeon at the Lawrence General Hospi-
tal, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Dr. Nelson is very anxious to be able
to make microscopical examinations in the case of the very common
melarial and typhoid fevers which we encounter in central and eastern
Peru. Would it be possible for you to loan us a microscope with high
power, oil immersion lense, and also with low power lense? It is my
impression that the microscope was loaned to the surgeon of the expedi-
tion last year, and returned in good order by the surgeon of the expedi-
tion, Dr. William G. Irving,

Trusting that you will be able to add this to your other favors,
I have the honor to remain

Dr. George H. Torney,
Surgeon General, U.S.Army,
War Department, Washington, D.C.

Professor Hiram Bingham,

Director, Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1912.

Sir:

In compliance with your orders, I submit the following:

The successful collecting and packing of fragile osteological material presents so many difficulties, that it seems almost hopeless for small field parties, on extended trips, to perform this work in a satisfactory manner, unprovided as they usually are with suitable materials for packing. If valuable finds should be made within striking distance of the base of supplies, it might be desirable merely to note carefully the location, and later to equip and send out a special collecting party.

There are, however, some general instructions which may enable field parties with only moderate equipment to collect and bring in osteological material that would otherwise be lost.

## Packing Materials.

If possible, field parties should be supplied with a moderate quantity of packing material, such as packing paper, label paper, and string; but lacking these, food bags, cheese-cloth handkerchiefs, worn-out or extra articles of wearing apparel, or even hay and grass, may be utilized.

It is assumed that field parties will from time to time have empty provision chests available for packing, as well as small-sized tin cans and tin boxes.

N.B. - When opening tin cans, it is well not to cut the end entirely out, but to leave it partly attached, so that it may be closed down over any small specimens packed in the can. Fragile material packed in this way has journeyed nearly around the world without injury.

## Where to Look.

In travelling afield, collectors on the lookout for osteological specimens should examine all exposed gravel banks, and should excavate here and there in so-called "ash deposits," kitchen middens, ancient "camp sites," and rock shelters, as well as in the neighborhood of prehistoric ruins, natural points of lookout, water-holes, and ancient cultivated fields.

## Collecting and Collecting

In general, it will be desirable to bring in not only remains of Man, but also the bones of any animals found associated with him.

Do not be in too much of a hurry to get bones out of the ground.

Do not allow loose specimens on the surface to escape you. As far as possible, entirely uncover skeletons before removing from the ground; also start notes before removing bones. It is sometimes difficult to enter correct data later on. If a skull or other bone breaks, try to keep its pieces together. This does not mean that you must reduce a fracture. If complete human skeletons are found, it may be possible to keep the bones of each hand and foot together, in a separate package. The most valuable parts of a human skeleton are the

skull and jaws. Every effort should be made to get these out
entire. If damp, they should be wrapped in dry material of any
kind, and dried out slowly. Should the teeth drop out, save them
carefully, and do not allow them to rattle against each other
when packed.

When skeletons, bones, or artifacts are discovered in midden
or deposits of considerable depth ( depth being an indication of
long occupation of a given locality ), notes should record the depth
in the deposit at which specimens were found. A sketch should
also be made, showing the extent of the midden. If personal trin-
kets are found with human remains, note carefully any evidence as
to whether they are associated with any given individual, as around
the neck or arm or as a medallion on the breast. Trinkets belong-
ing with an individual should be given the same record number.

Notes to be taken describing each find should cover:

(a) Geographic locality.

(b) Geological formation or general nature of the deposit
(cemetery, grave, kitchen midden, etc.).

(c) Position and orientation of all human remains, the relative
position of different parts, and the degree of completeness of the
skeleton. Do not be afraid of making notes ample.

Packing.

In packing fragile material for transportation, the main point
to bear in mind is, to surround such specimens with well-compressed
soft material inside a rigid box; otherwise continual jarring will
cause irreparable injury. A provision chest will hold a number
of small packages or tin cans.

Labelling and Notes.

It is necessary to adopt some system of numbering and labelling
specimens, that will enable the collector ( or anyone using his notes )
to tell, if possible, what bones belong to each animal collected; or,
if individuals can not be distinguished when excavating, to tell what
specimens belong to each separate find or locality. Any consecutive
series of numbers that correspond to numbers used in note books will
suffice. A good way to label specimens in the field is, to write
the number with a black lead pencil on a slip of white paper, this
slip to be enclosed with each separate bone or package of bones.
Make the paper label large enough, so that it will not fall out of
the package and be lost; and write the number AND YOUR INITIALS,
in clear large characters, on both sides of the slip.

Peabody Museum, Yale University,

May 10, 1912.

May 10, 1912.

My dear Stafford:

Many thanks for your very kind letter of April 15th which I was delighted to receive. I look forward to seeing you now before many weeks, and hope to find you in good health and roller skating as gracefully as ever.

This year's expedition to Peru will be on somewhat similar lines to last year's, except that we shall not try to climb any Coropunas, and shall limit our work to the interior north and east of Cuzco.

I am much interested in what you write of Mr. Carman and wish I could understand just what had happened. It was good of you to give me so much news regarding different members of that very pleasant set of fellows who made life pass so pleasantly for me during my short stay in Arequipa.

I expect to sail from here next week, spend two or three weeks in Lima, and then go on to Arequipa and Cuzco. I am enclosing one or two photographs which I hope will interest you. Perhaps you will pass them on to the arioros.

Please remember me to Gehre Gibson and the other good fellows at the Club, all of whom I hope to see again soon.

Faithfully yours,

Reginald Stafford, Esq.,
Stafford and Company,
Arequipa, Peru.

141785

WAR DEPARTMENT, DEF
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL,
WASHINGTON.

May 10, 1912.

Dr. Hiram Bingham,

Director of The Yale Peruvian Expedition,
Drawer "A", Yale Station,
New Haven, Conn.

Sir:-

Responding to your letter of May 9th, I am directed by the Surgeon General to say that he regrets very much that he can not see his way clear to comply with your request that a microscope be loaned for the use of the Yale Expedition.

It has never been the policy of this office to allow instruments of this character to go out of the Depots on this kind of work, and it is therefore deemed inexpedient to comply with the request.

May 10, 1912.

Dear Win:

May we have three 22 Automatics like those you gave us last year
for this year's expedition? Will you also be so good as to ship 1500
cartridges of the kind supplied us last time through your people in
New Haven, letting us pay the bill to them as before.

You were very kind to us last year and I hesitate to ask for the
same favors again this year, but you were so good as to tell me you
thought this could be arranged, so I am writing this letter. If you
can let us have the rifles, will you please send them to me at Room
25, Carlson Hall for the Peruvian Expedition, and greatly oblige.

Faithfully yours,

Winchester Bennett, Esq.,

Winchester Repeating Arms Company,

New Haven, Connecticut.

May 10, 1912.

Dear Mr. Blaisdel:

You will probably goan when you hear there is going to be another
scientific expedition to Peru, and more trouble for you, and more
requests for free transportation of scientists and their very excess
luggage. But even so it is, and we hope that you will be as kind to
the 1912 expedition as you were to that of 1911.

Two members of the expedition, Messrs. Robert Stephenson and
K.C.Heald, will reach Hollendo about June 5th or 6th, and will notify
you of their arrival. Will you kindly send them passage for themselves
and their excess baggage? They will have quite a lot of baggage that
belongs to other members of the expedition. I want them to go through
to Cuzco as soon as possible and get started on some reconnaissance
work in the vicinity in connection with the geological work that is to
be done later, and I hope you will be able to facilitate their progress.

Dr. Eaton and myself expect to follow about two weeks later and
then there will be five more members of the expedition arriving shortly
before the first of July.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. L.S. Blaisdel,
F.C.S. del Peru, Frequipa.

May 10, 1912.

My dear Mr. Hadley:

Last year the Corporation were so good as to confirm my appointments of the staff of the Peruvian Expedition. I hope they will be willing to do so again this year, as it means a great deal to most of the members of the expedition to have a Corporation appointment, and to be able to consider themselves as part of the working force of the University. The list is now complete except that I may be able to get another physician or a physiologist. I have got the money for him if I can get the man, but I have not succeeded in landing one yet. I am enclosing the list of the members of the expedition with their respective titles.

Faithfully yours,

President Hadley.
Yale University.

G. E. HODSON, PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
WINCHESTER BENNETT, 1ST VICE PRESIDENT

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May 11, 1912.

The Peruvian Expedition of 1912,
Hiram Bingham, Director, Drawer A, Yale Station,
New Haven, Conn.

My dear Bingham:--

I am pleased to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 10th instant, and in response to the same will take pleasure in shortly delivering to you at Room 25 Lampson Hall, as requested, marked for the Peruvian Expedition, three .22 Caliber Automatic rifles. I am also taking the liberty of including with them 1500 rounds of ammunition similar to that with which you were supplied last time. Time will not permit us to treat these guns to prevent rusting, as we treated those which you took last year. It must be borne in mind that this style of gun, the Automatic, particularly in .22 Caliber where the bore is limited, can only be depended upon to give good results when it is given the very best of care, and while the chamber retains the almost glass-like finish with which it leaves our hands. If the arms are allowed to rust the cartridges will not eject.

I am very glad indeed to hear that you are going to have the company of Stuart Hotchkiss on the trip down - which you have made so often that I should suppose a companion would be unusually acceptable.

The Peruvian Expedition of 1912.

The guns and ammunition are going forward to you
no charge, and you will receive no other bill for the same
than the enclosed.

I would add that there is one difficulty which is
liable to occur with these guns when the chambers become
roughened which is really a serious matter, and that is the
blowing off of the head (or when the shell is in the firing
position the rear end) of the shell. This makes the shell
very difficult to extract from the chamber. ~~I am enclosing~~
with these guns a small tool which is intended for use in
extracting shells when this difficulty occurs. To use this
tool bend to 90° and insert the split end into the chamber
through the ejection opening, pushing it forward through the
shell until the spring jaws of the tool have passed the
mouth of the shell. Hold the gun in an upright position,
support the outer end of the tool handle and strike the
inner end of the tool handle near the point where it passes
into the ejection opening of the gun with a jack knife,
screwdriver or other light instrument; and a few taps will
readily remove the shell. The difficulty above mentioned
can only occur when the chambers have become roughened
through abuse or neglect.

Yours very truly,

First Vice President.

ENCLOSURE:

(COPY)

May 11, 12.

Mr. H. L. Tucker,
206 Church St.,
Newton, Mass.

My dear Mr. Tucker:

In accordance with the conference held yesterday with you and Bowman, it is understood that you are to devote your time until May 24th to the work of the Peruvian Expedition. The work during this time is to consist of mapping of plans, etc., and it is to be taken up in the following order:

1. House plans of Macchu Picchu

2. Plan of ruins at Pothole Rock

3. Plan of ruins at Pantacalla

4. Plan of ruins at Potosi

5. Sketch map of Chamanas River

6. Group of isolated ruins, Piscoochohu, Toronto, etc.

7. Ruins below Varezu.

The little report on materials of construction, etc. at Macchu Picchu is to be omitted at Bingham's request.

While you are at work on those plans the draughtsman in New Haven is to make up the other work in the following order:

1. Ink in your Macchu Picchu plan

2. Begin the preparation of a map of Lake Parinacochas to the scale 1 inch = 1 mile, contour 100 feet.

3. Begin the preparation of map of Parievide.

It is understood that on May 14th or 15th you are to send down drawings and photographs of Macchu Picchu, and on May 24th or 25th you are to hand in all work completed at that date. We will then have another conference with a view to making plans for the completion of the work still remaining to be done by both you and the draughtsman at New Haven. As compensation you are to be paid at the rate of $100 a month.

Very truly yours,

HEG/HWY

(COPY)

May 11,

12.

My dear Mr. Tucker:

4. Plan of ruins at Pena

5. Sketch map of Chamana River

6. Group of isolated ruins, Piscoochu, Torontoy, etc.

7. Ruins below Varas.

While you are at work on these plans the draughtsman in New Haven is to take up the other work in the following order:

Very truly yours,

HUG/HOW

May 11, 1912.

Dear Sir:

The enclosed letter was dictated yesterday about the time you
were writing to me. I think it will be better to have all the watches
sent, to Mr. Bumstead as soon as possible, and make him responsible for
keeping them wound and in order until we get into the field.

I shall be glad to give you a brief statement of our use of the
watches on the last expedition; in fact I think I have already done so
in one or two of my previous letters to you. You may use the following
in any way you see fit.

The Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911 was equipped with four sidereal
and four astronomical watches of the half chronometer type, made by the
Waltham Watch Company. We depended entirely on these for the establish-
ment of those points whose latitude and longitude was fixed for the first
time by this expedition. We found these watches eminently satisfactory
in every particular, and expect to use them on the expedition of 1912.

If you want anything less brief than this, please let me know and
I shall be glad to let you have it.

Appreciating your kindness to the expedition and assuring you of
my satisfaction in being able to send you this brief testimonial,
believe me to remain

Faithfully yours,

H.E.Duncan, Esq.,

Waltham Watch Company

May 11, 1912.

My dear Doctor Bingham:

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 8th instant, transmitting a power of attorney given you
by Yale University to enable you to take up its concession
at Lima, and requesting that it be translated into Spanish
and certified by the Department and returned to you, and
also that the concession sent to the Department through the
White House be communicated to the Legation at Lima.

It affords me pleasure to enclose herewith the
power of attorney, duly attested, and to inform you that a
copy of the concession is being sent to the Legation at
Lima, in accordance with your request.

I am, my dear Doctor Bingham,

Hiram Bingham, Ph. D.,

Yale University,

New Haven, Connecticut.

Enclosure:

As above.

823.927/14

Department of Commerce and Labor

BUREAU OF STANDARDS

Washington

LAF
CLL

May 11, 1912.

Dr. William G. Erving,

922 Seventeenth Street,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

The barometer of Prof. Hiram Bingham, referred to in
your letter of the 7th instant, will probably be ready the
first of June, and if the test can be finished at an earlier
date we shall be glad to notify you. Apparatus for low
pressure comparisons was not, until recently, available for
other than aneroid barometers.

YALE UNIVERSITY GYMNASIUM

WILLIAM GILBERT ANDERSON, M.Sc., M.D.
PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR

ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
GEORGE PARMLY DAY
THOMAS LEE MCCLUNG
EUGENE L. RICHARDS
WALTER CAMP
JOHN EDWARD HEATON
LAFAYETTE B. MENDEL
WILLIAM G. ANDERSON

May 11/12

New Haven, Conn.,

Dear Dr Bingham.

It will give us pleasure to do what we can for your representative. If he will arrange his dates we will see that he gets the necessary training in anthropometry. A couple of days will give him the ideas but the skill or quickness will come along a little later, with more practice.

Do you want the anthropometric chart or the card? I send a sample of each. We have the cards for all heights. Will you use the English or the metric system.

I am here to stay and will see Dr Nelson any time before the 10th of June.

I have finished my course at Harvard and have passed the rather stiff requirements for their new degree, of Doctor of Public Health.

Dr Hiram Bingham.
New Haven Ct.

underwent an operation for cancer. These people are all somewhat hysterical, and he will probably be invisible for a week or two.

In the meantime Mr. Morkhill has very kindly offered to call on Mr. Larrabure and try and convince him to make Yale an exception, so far as his project is concerned. But his lawyer, who has the reputation of being the cleverest fellow in Lima, says it will be impossible to get any project through the present congress. It only meets five times a week, at five in the afternoon, and usually rises in time for dinner at seven thirty or eight. The members are fond of speechifying and have a lot of really important legislation on hand, to try and keep the country from going bankrupt.

President Billingshurst is not the kind to take any real interest in scientific matters, and even if he were, it would take an unpleasant amount of driving to get our little bill through before the end of the session.

Our season is drawing to a close very rapidly, and I believe that unless affairs take a very marked change for the better, I ought to go back to Cuzco not later than a week from to-day.

I regret to report that Mr. Bestor has had a kind of dysentery for the past month and will probably soon start for home. He is in such a run down condition that it would be foolish to keep him any longer in the field. I shall be very sorry to lose him.

Faithfully yours

The *Peruvian* Expedition of 1912

under the auspices of

*Yale University and the National Geographic Society*

Hiram Bingham, Director

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Field Address
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Cuzco, Peru

Lima, 21 Oct. 1912

My Dear Mr. Hadley;

Peru is like all the rest. The only difference was that the former president smiled on our scientific work - and so all the government officials smiled. The present president yawns ( or would if he dared ) and the Peruvians copy his manners.

During the past week I have had several interviews with them Minister of justice, only to learn that it was against the law to export fossils or skulls or any thing else that might be classed as an antiquity. In an interview with the Director of instruction who is Chief of the Bureau in which our petitions lie he made it quite clear that we have been too successful and that the scientific specimens which we have found are part of the "riches of Peru" and must remain. He was most impudent in his manner, and reflected only too faithfully the change that has come over the official attitude since Mr. Leguia went out of office.

Not only does it appear that there is no real interest or appreciation of what we are trying to do for Peru, and the powers that be are merely going to reflect the presidential attitude of regarding our work as an insult and disgrace to Peru, but there is actual hostility to XXXXIXXIX the United States. The Peruvians are extremely hostile to any reference to the Putumayo atrocities. They simply regard it as insulting to the dignity of Peru that England and the States should dare to accuse such a progressive nation as Peru of such horrible things. Their reply is to pout.

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Their dignity is offended like that of a boy accused of cribbing.

Furthermore Mr. Billinghurst is such a good friend of Chile and lived for so many years in Chile, they have no fear here of a war with their southern neighbors. As a result they have no present need of us. If they were threatened with a foreign war it would be only too easy to carry our project through.

The result of my week's work has been to make me feel that I was very much mistaken in the favorable opportunity for scientific work in Peru. Even if we got our contract through, it would be hard to work under it. There would be long delays here in Lima. There would be exasperating delays with the minor officials; chiefly because it would soon become known that the Man at the Top did not care about science anyhow. I must admit that I did not realize how greatly the favorable reception which I have always received in Peru was a reflection of the President's known good will to us.

If it were possible I should withdraw the contract at once, but it is in the hands of congress and I must await their action. They rise this week; and there is not one chance in a thousand that they will do anything about our project.

On last Saturday I had an audience with the President. As I went with Mr. Morkill of the Peruvian Corporation, Mr. Billinghurst was very attentive, and most agreeable. (I had tried for four days to get an audience alone, but quite without even any glimmer of hope until Mr. Morkill asked for it in his name.) The President asked us to return next

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Tuesday, when he will have two of his ministers present and they will see what can be done for this year's expedition. It seems Mr. Leguia promised things that were contrary to his own executive decrees. So we must sit and wait for a week longer or run the risk of losing the collections made with such care by George Eaton, Erdis and others.

It seems that the necessary qualities for a political agent here are Tact, Judgement and Patience. Especially - Patience. As for the first I doubt if I ever had any - anyhow I am losing what I had. As for the second, it seems to have been quite wrong so far as the fix friendly interest of the Peruvians is concerned. And as for the third quality, it evaporates rapidly under the warm rays of Peruvian sunshine, particularly when there is so much work to be done in Cuzco and so short a time left to do it in.

The favorable aspect of last year has changed so remarkably during the first four weeks of the new administration that I feel it would be a mistake to try and do any archeological research here at present. I do not believe Billinghurst has any real interest in seeing foreigners go ahead on such lines.

As soon as I get the necessary permission to export what we have found this year I shall return to Cuzco.

Gregory's health is better. The Rains continue to hinder the map work. Eaton is on the track of some fine big fossils. Erdis reports he has enough potsherdds to fill sixty boxes. With luck we shall have more than a hundred boxes of stuff for the Museum. I have engaged

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Erdis to spend a few months in New Haven putting his stuff together and writing his report.

To-morrow's conference at the Palace ought to bring us one step nearer to the desired permission. (But how many more steps there are after that no one seems to know)

Unless hindered by unforeseen accidents, political or otherwise, I expect to leave Cuzco with the entire party on November 28 and arrive in New York December 19th. It may be best to leave the map makers a few weeks longer so as to let them finish their work, unless this turns out to be an unusually rainy season.

With kindest regards, believe me to remain,

Faithfully yours,

under the auspices of

Hiram Bingham, Director

Lima, 26 Oct. 1913

My Dear Mr. Hadley;

Nothing is actually on paper yet; but I verily believe we are nearing the end. To show evidence of good faith in this belief I have bought my ticket for the steamer sailing south day after to-morrow. To give you the news in a nut-shell: President Billinghurst has promised me a decree for Monday morning at ten thirty which is to give us full permission to export everything we excavate before the first of December. There are certain minor conditions which we shall be able to fulfil. The Government is anxious to retire the Contract, and I have agreed on Monday to sign a formal request on behalf of the University asking leave to withdraw from the contract.

You will perceive that there is a direct connection between the two. Had I realized earlier the hopelessness of trying to work under such a Government, and the strong wish of the Government to escape from the contract entered into by the former Government, I think it might have been possible to get the official permit for exporting this year's collections, earlier. But I was unwilling to give up the contract until convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that Mr. Morkill's lawyer was right about the impossibility of getting congress to pass it. In the meantime I have come to learn, as I wrote you last Monday, that the present administration is not one under which this kind of work can be done on a large scale, at least not under the present international status of Peru. We shall be lucky if we escape with our present collections.

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The story of the week, had I time to give it to you in detail, is not without certain dramatic episodes. Monday the Minister of Justice said we might be allowed to take half our collections out of the country but the Government would select everything they thought nice. Tuesday a conference was held between the President, the Ministers of Justice and of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Morkill, and myself. His Excellency was very pleasant, expressed his approval of a decree in full for this year, started the ball rolling and left the Min. of For. Aff. to fight for us against the Min. of Justice. They had a heated argument. Three documents were read, first the letter from the American Minister saying we had come down on the understanding that we should have the same privileges that we had last year; second a letter from Mr. Leguía saying he meant to give us only the things stipulated in the Contract; and finally the favorable information from Larrabure, the Pres. of the Inst. Hist. with regard to full permission for this year. Still the Min. of Justice held out that it was all illegal. Then Mr. Morkill quietly reminded him how unpleasant it would be for Peru to have us return to the States and say we had been robbed of half our collections on a technicality. This finished them, for FEAR is the ruling passion here.

Then the President came back, and all were smiling and bowing over the happy termination of an unpleasant incident. But the next day the Minister demurred about issuing such a decree. He said he would telegraph the requisite orders, had telegraphed them in fact, and so a decree was not necessary.

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I insisted that I could not go South without some official
paper to the authorities which would insure our getting the collection
out of the country safely. Meanwhile I telegraphed to Gregory to find
out if any orders had been given; and found that none had been received.
So the next day the Minister promised to prepare a decree and take it
to the President for his signature on Thursday. Friday we might call
for a copy.

On Friday morning there appeared in the leading yellow journal
a fierce attack on the past Government for having signed the contract
with Yale. The editorial was as plausible and as misleading as the
written by St. Brisbane himself. The effect on the new Government was
magical. They scrambled for cover and said we need not bother to come
around again for a week - in the meantime the Decree would be allowed
to slip into the waste basket. The Minister of Justice intimated
that they could not venture to incur the criticism of this powerful
Daily (The Comercio, an absolutely venal and unscrupulous sheet).
Even Mr. Morkill was discouraged. These Peruvians are so afraid of
everything it was only a question in his mind whether the Govt. would
be more afraid of us or of the Comercio.

This happened yesterday. This morning the American Minister
went to the Palace with me. The Pres. looked worried, but cheered up when
I offered to withdraw the contract, and then promised to put the decree
through on Monday.

Faithfully yours,

W. R. GRACE & CO.
LIMA.

Por el presente queda convenido entre el Sr.

Dr. H. Bingham y el Sr. F. Perez de Velazco lo siguiente:

1º El Sr. Perez de Velazco vende al Sr. Bingham todos sus libros, folletos y papeles de todas clases, que trata sobre la América, de su pertenencia, que están contenido en los dos cuartos que han sido sellados con el sello de Los Srs. W. R. Grace & Co., por la cantidad de £ 2500.-- (dos mil quinientas libras esterlinas).

2º El Sr. Bingham entregará inmediatamente al Sr. Perez de Velazco la cantidad de £ 1000.-- (mil libras esterlinas) á cuenta de esta compra.

3º Los libros serán recibidos por los Srs. W. R. Grace & Co. en Lima, después de verificar los sellos y encajonados y remitidos á New-York á su casa de allá, donde serán entregados al Sr. Bingham, recibiendo las £ 1500.-- (mil quinientas libras esterlinas) restantes, lo que se efectuará de la fecha en seis meses.

4º El Sr. Perez de Velazco sufragará los gastos de cajones y embalaje de los libros, entregándose así á los Srs. W. R. Grace & Co. de Lima, los cuales los trasportarán y embarcarán por cuenta y costodel Sr. Bingham.

Lima, 25 de octubre de 1912.

Ces. Lomellini & Co.

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Okt 25/12

End is a older man to packing valuable stuff. Corio, has the right to examine all at Cuzco But probably will not do it. No one can tell just what will happen. My suggestion is to send some stuff to me principally by our airmen and to pack other aferially small valuable things here + there among other stuff and to have a box v two 7 your best where anybody can find it. The one is to get everything to Cuzco in some way and to trust to diplomacy to get it through use your best judgment.
Bingham wires today that he'll reach Cuzco on the third of Nov., and goes down to you. You'll have to do the best you know about every one. I think which arises. Eaton sends congratulations on your success in business. One, 7

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY,

Washington. November 1,1912.

Mr. W. L. Morkill,
The Peruvian Corporation, Ltd.,
Lima. Peru.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of 26 September regarding certain investi-
gations in Peru has been referred to me. There are one or two
phases of the question that have interested me; however, this
interest is based on a supposition which I have not as yet had
time to verify.

I take it that your growing season is opposite that
of ours. Of course I could not do anything that would interfere
with my efficiency here, but if the investigation could be made
during the our winter months, I might become interested in the
proposition.

In one or two ways I should not be entirely unsuitable.
I am somewhat accustomed to investigation of agricultural problems
in foreign countries, having had experience in China and Japan
and especially in the Philippines. Further, the agricultural
pursuits of any plateau at the elevation you describe are always
more or less bound up with the cultivation of barley, the crop
in which I am most interested.

I take it that it is too late to attempt any efficient
work this season, indeed I would not risk my reputation on an
investigation that was not more completely planned.

However, if you came to some satisfactory arrangement by March,
I might be of considerable use to you the next fall. During the
summer I could make a collection of the varieties of barley and
other grains most suitable to such conditions; in this way I could
really do a full year's work in the six months from October until
April. Indeed with organization which I have available for my use,
I could make a much greater collection than might be acquired
otherwise in several years.

As to the expenses of the investigation, this depends
upon several factors of which I know nothing. I would expect
a couple hundred dollars with which to purchase seeds in this country,
and a salary of around three hundred per month, depending upon
the amount to which my personal expenses would probably run.
The transportation and the cost of the work at your end, you are
much more able to estimate than I am. In case you are interested,
I will be glad to hear from you.

Nov. 4, 1912.

Miss L. M. Kirkpatrick,
Lamson Hall,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Miss Kirkpatrick:-

I sent to you a few days ago 312 copies of Dr. Bingham's reprint upon "Vitcos". Thirty of these are distributed to the author free of cost and the remainder were to be paid for at cost price, according to Dr. Bingham's letter of May 3. The charge for these is $30.00. The slight difference in the number of copies asked for and the number sent is due to the fact that some of the gelatin plates became defaced before the reprints were struck off and the charge of printing more would have been excessive.

Have you yet sent a copy of this reprint to Dr. Bingham? We should be glad to do this ourselves, only I presume that you are much better acquainted with his present address than we are.

CSB/C

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST.

Lima:

Variedades (Weekly); news (generally political) of the day; founded 1904.

La Opinión Nacional (daily)

El Agricultor Peruano (semi-monthly); founded 1900.

Inca Chronicle (monthly)

Informaciones i Memorias (monthly)

Peru To-Day (monthly); general information on country; founded 1909.

Revista de Ciencias (monthly); covers all scientific subjects; founded 1897.

Ilustración Peruana (weekly); news of the day; published since 1919.

Boletín de la Dirección de Fomento; monthly government publication
on development of country; founded 1903.

Boletín de la Sociedad Geográfica de Lima; published irregularly (generally
monthly) since 1890.

West Coast Leader (weekly), founded 1912.

La Fundición:

Inca Chronicle (monthly), general information; founded 1909.

Trujillo:

Mercurio (semi-monthly)

States currency.

El Nuevo Tiempo (Spanish), Bogota. Morning daily. Advertising rates, 25 cents per inch per insertion. Annual subscription price, $7. Circulation estimated at 4,000 to 5,000.

La Gaceta Republicana (Spanish), Bogota. Daily. Advertising rates, 20 cents per inch per insertion. Annual subscription price, $7.50. Circulation estimated at 4,000 to 5,000.

ECUADOR.

[By Consul General Herman R. Dietrich, Guayaquil.]

Cocoa, coffee, gold, straw hats, hides, ivory nuts, and rubber are exported from this consular district to the United States, and textiles, foodstuffs, clothing, iron and hardware, machinery, railway material, wines and liquors, drugs and chemicals, kerosene and gasoline, coal, leather, and boots and shoes are imported therefrom. No trade journals are published in the district, and the following are the more important newspapers:

El Grito del Pueblo (Spanish), Guayaquil. Circulates among bankers, importing, exporting, and commission merchants, farmers, and the public in general. Advertising rates, 20 cents gold per centimeter (centimeter=0.3937 inch) per insertion. Annual subscription price, 9 sucres (sucre=$0.48665). Circulation, 4,000 to 5,000.

La Unión (Spanish), Guayaquil. Daily. Advertising rates, 30 cents gold per inch per insertion on the first page. Annual subscription price, 8 sucres. General circulation, 4,000 to 5,000.

El Telegrafo (Spanish), Guayaquil. Daily. Advertising rates, 60 cents gold per inch per insertion on the first page. Annual subscription price, 9 sucres. General circulation, 4,000 to 5,000.

21477°—12—2

insertion. Annual subscription price, 6 pesos ($6.21). Circulation, 5,000.

L' Italia al Plata (Italian), Montevideo. Morning daily newspaper; organ of the Italian colony, which numbers about 8,000. Advertising rates, 15 centésimos per centimeter (40 cents per inch) per insertion. Annual subscription price, 6 pesos ($6.21). Circulation, 4,000.

El Diario Español (Spanish), Montevideo. Morning daily newspaper; organ of the Spanish colony, which numbers about 96,000. Advertising rates, 10 centésimos per centimeter (27 cents per inch) per insertion. Annual subscription price, 10 pesos ($10.35). Circulation, 4,000.

Montevideo Times (English), Montevideo. Morning daily newspaper; organ of the English colony, which is not very large. Advertising rates, 10 centésimos per centimeter (27 cents per inch) per insertion. Annual subscription price, 10 pesos ($10.35). Claimed circulation, 2,000.

El Telegrafo Marítimo (Spanish), Montevideo. Commercial evening daily newspaper, by subscription only. Advertising rates, 10 centésimos per centimeter (27 cents per inch) per insertion. Annual subscription price, 18 pesos ($18.63). Circulation, 4,000.

W.R.GRACE & Co.

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LONDON AGENTS

Lima

November 6, 1912.

Dr Hiram Bingham,

Cuzco.

Dear Mr Bingham:

You will remember some little time ago you spoke to me
about one or two little matters that you had left with Mr Ballen, but,
on which, up to then, no move had been made.

I have just heard in answer to my letter to our house
in Arequipa. First of all - there were two registered packages, which
I understood you to say, contained a photograph camera and material.
Our people have traced, and got delivery of, one of these packages,
having to pay S/8.84 for duties etc. The second one could not be
traced, as the Post Office authorities declared that it is not in
their possession; our people offered to assist them in finding it in
their store-room, but, they would not allow it, saying that they
thought the package had been returned to the States. So, apparently,
we must be satisfied with the recovery of the one. I will advise you
what it is, directly I receive it from Arequipa.

The other question was a matter of a £9 account against
a man of the name of Nestor Castillo, of Chumpi. With regard to
this, our people have, so far, been absolutely unable to get any
payment; they will write him again and press the matter, although,
the great trouble is that Chumpi - where this man lives - is entirely
out of any route where our travellers go; otherwise, we could
entrust one of them with following the matter up.

NEW CHUQUITAMBO GOLD MINES, Ltd.
CERRO DE PASCO
Perú

La Quinua, Cerro de Pasco,

14 November 1912

Dear Mr. Bingham,

At last I have managed to make out the sketch of part of this
place showing where I got the fossils I gave you when in Lima. I have felt
rather wicked putting off the job such a long time, but I really have not
been easy bodily or mentally. I am now getting over a bad rheumatic attack
and before that I was fighting Chemical facts and trying to twist them
to my purpose. However seeing by the Commercio that the kind Government had
graciously allowed you to grub around until the 1st. Dec. I thought it time
I got my promise fulfilled.

I think you will find on the plan all the information I can give, and
perhaps it will be interesting to your Geologist, though as I am not a
specialist in that line and indeed only have studied the fring e of the
subject, the information given may not be anything new and exciting.

There is one point I should be very thankful for if you could find time
to satisfy me. That is, I have put names to some of the fossils and if
you could drop me a line telling me if I am correct or correcting me where
wrong, I would return thanks.

I suppose you will be very glad to get back home again and I wonder whe-
ther you will keep away from these parts under the changed conditions or
whether you will return to revenge yourself on the opposition by buying
their libraries.

The last news I got from Mrs.Dolan was from Monte Video. Up to then the
voyage had been very qui/et between Valparaiso and that port, but I expect
they will have more passengers from Rio.

With best wishes

Lima, 4 de noviembre de 1912

W. R. GRACE & CO.
LIMA.

Sr. Dr. Hiram Bingham

c/o Ces. Homellini & Co.

Cuzco

Mi querido Profesor:

Desde que Ud. se fué he procurado que el Gobierno firmó el decreto favorable á su expedición. Desgraciadamente he tropezado siempre con algunas dificultades pues no veía mucha voz. luntad para otorgar el permiso. El día que Ud. se fué, fuí á la Estación á las 4 p.m. para despedirle y preguntarle como le había ido en su entrevista con el Presidente, pero no tuve el gusto de verle y supongo que su conferencia demoraría mucho y que no pudo Ud. tomar ese tren. Desde entonces he estado al habla con Bernales y convinimos en enseñar al Presidente las cartas que yo había recibido del Sr. Schaefer de New York hablándome de la importancia que tenía esta expedición. Parece que ellas han hecho muy buen efecto, pues el Presidente se convenció de que Uds. no están detrás de algún negocio sino simplemente de estudios científicos; y también se ha convencido de que Ud. no es un negociante pero si un hombre de ciencia y bestante importancia en los Estados Unidos. Por fin ayer me avisó Bernales que el decreto estaba firmado y que el Presidente le había ofrecido entregarle una copia, la misma que me daría para mandarsela á Ud. Como hoy me voy al Norte por algunos días he encargado al amigo Cisneros que se ocupe del asunto y le remita cuanto antes el decreto, espero pues que esta vez quedará Ud. más contento.

Le remito inclusa una carta para Ud. y algunos recortes de periodicos sobre nuestro asunto, publicados en estos días y uno esta mañana en que se refiere á una carta de Ud. para que toda-

W.R.GRACE & Co.

Cable Address, "GRACE"

Lima,

Noviembre 5 de 1912

Sr. Profesor

Hiram Bingham

Cuzco

Apreciado Señor y amigo:

Tengo el agrado de pioner en conocimiento de Ud. que con fecha 31 de octubre 1912 ha sido expedido por el Supremo Gobierno, el decreto que concede á Ud. la autorización solicitada para continuar efectuando las exploraciones y excavaciones ya iniciadas. Dehese en parte, á la actividad y buenos oficios de n/ amigo el Sr. José C. Bernales el que esta resolución haya sido expedida sin más tardanza. Le incluyo el recorte del decreto, publicado en el "Comercio" de esta mañana, lo cual bastará para que las autoridades politicas y muy especialmente las de Aduana, presten á Ud. las facilidades que sean necesarias al fin que persigue Ud.

El Señor Ballén ha tenido que emprender viaje á Cartavio y en su ausencia, tendré el mayor placer en cumplir las ordenes que crea Ud. necesario impartirme, ya sea en lo que se refiera á asuntos de la oficina, ó bien en aquello, en que personalmente pueda serle útil.

Sirvase decirme cuanto tiempo piensa Ud. estar ausente, á fin de apreciar si la correspondencia que venga para Ud. valga la pena de remitirlsele, como hemos hecho antes, ó retenerla hasta su regreso.

Entretanto y deseándole buena salud y completo éxito en todo, le saluda amistosamente su amigo y S. S. Raymundo.

THE PERUVIAN CORPORATION Ltd.

CABLE ADDRESS,
"IMPULSIVE"-LIMA.

Lima Peru November 12th, 1912.

Dear Dr. Bingham,

I have yours of the 30th October, written
en route to Cuzco. I hope that now there will be no
more trouble in your affairs, and that you will be
able to get everything that you take out of the ground
up to the 1st December out of the country without
being molested. Of course, that part of their Decree
in which they state they will have a right to call
on the Museum for any of these things which they may
take a fancy to in future is merely put in to truckle
to public opinion here. Personally, I do not think
there was any necessity whatever for having to do this,
but they are so exceedingly frightened of public opinion
that they seem to think it necessary to take shelter
somehow or other every time someone shouts, no matter
how unworthy of notice the person doing the shouting is.
Needless to say, I had several interviews with the
Minister, and one with the President, before the Decree
was finally issued.

I hope that you are getting on all right,
that when you reached Macahu Picha the rain had stopped,
and that you will have good weather to carry out the
rest of your explorations.

Lima, November 30th. 1912.

Hiram Bingham Esq.

CALLAO.

Dear Mr. Bingham :

Referring to what we have on different occasions spoken regarding the education of my youngest son, John, in the United States and to the cablegram which you had the kindness to send me from Cuzco stating that Professor King was ready to meet my boy on his arrival at New York, I beg to now inform you, although it is my wish that my son should not be deprived of anything necessary to make his stay at the School healthy and comfortable, yet I do not by any means want him to go into luxuries nor not be brought up as a youngster who is likely to be free from the necessity of working his way in life. In short, he should be treated as the son of a gentleman whose future is not to be depended on but on his own personal merits.

As I do not at the present time know how much money will be necessary to defray his yearly educational expenses, I herewith enclose a cheque N°76045 on The National City Bank, New York for $600. which I trust will be sufficient for half a year expenses.

As your arrival in New York will take place in winter time and John is sure to find it rather trying, I request your kindly supplying him before entering the School, with such winter cloth as he may desire and be consistent with the rules of the School.

John is a roman catholic and I want him to observe his religion without any other inducement than that of pure conviction. His character is of an independent nature but kind and noble and all attention should be paid to keep him away from bad company and to encourage his good disposition.

Hiram Bingham Esq. - Callao.

Lima, November 30th. 1912.

I take advantage of this opportunity to tender you my
best thanks for all you have kindly done to facilitate the sending of
my son to an American preparatory School and trusting that you will
continue doing all you can to make his absence from home as tolerable
as possible, I am, dear Mr. Hiram, with renewed thanks,