508 GENERAL VIEW OF ARCHEOLOGY OP THE PUEBLO REGION. 



The majority of the above (1 to 9) are sites occupied within the last 

 four centuries and abandoned at intervals from the time immediately 

 preceding the Spanish occupation down to 1S38. The years imme- 

 diately following 1680 were particularly disastrous to the Rio Grande 

 Pueblos. Archeological research at these sites shonld be fruitful in 

 throwing light upon the first influences of the exotic civilization upon 

 the indigenous tribes. They are all ruins of considerable magnitude, 

 but in many cases reduced to mounds. 



10. * Pajarito Park," With. L. : 



Sbufinne. 



Otowi. 



Puyo. (Plate i. fig. 1.) 



Tsnnkawi. j 



Cliff (Iwelliiigs of Slmfinue Mesa, 



Cliff dwellings of Puye Mesa. 



Cliff dwellings of Chupadero Canyon. 



Cliff dwellings of Sandia Canyon. (Plate i. fig. 2.) 



This is strictly a prehistoric district and archeologically one of the 

 richest in the Pueblo region. The clitf dwellings are of the e.xcavated 

 type and exist in vast numbers, almost every southern escarpment 

 being honeycombed with them. Besides the identified pueblo ruins 

 named, several others of almost equal importance and hundreds of 

 minor ones are scattered over the district. The permanent reserva- 

 tion of this tract will preserve intact a fairly complete exhibit of 

 the prehistoric civilization of the Rio Grande Valley. This is now 

 assured, for it falls Avithin the limits of the proposed Rio Jemez 

 Forest Reserve, and will in due time come under the custodianship 

 of the Bureau of Forestry if it does not become a national park. The 

 only collections that have been made from this district are in the 

 museum of the New Mexico Normal University at Las Vegas. 



11. On Ramon Vigil Grant,6 Pri. L. : 



(Tewa; Tcbire, bird; ge, bouse = bouse of the l)ird iioojilc: Sitanisb, 



Pajarito, a little bird.) 

 *Tchlrege. (Platen.) 

 Cliff dwellings of Pajarito Canyon. 

 Navakwi. 

 Numerous large and small pueblos of Mesa del Pajarito. 



fl I bere restrict tbe nanie Pajarito Park to tbe district 10 miles long by 4 

 wide that is under withdrawal and consideration for a national park. (XL li. 

 7269, .^Sth Cong.) As originally proposed and withdrawn, it was much more 

 extensive, and received its name from what was the central geographical feature 

 of tbe entire district, viz, Pajarito Canyon. 'I'his has since l)een found to be 

 largely on Ramon Vigil Grant, wliicb was almost surrounded by the proi)ose(i 

 park. .\s the lines are now drawn, it creates I'ajarito Park with tbe " Pajarito "' 

 left out. 



'>'rhis is the original I\-»jarlto Park. The value of the ruins is api)reciated 

 by tbe owners and they are under proper custodianship. 



