tilONKIt.M. VIKW OK AKriU:OL(H; V or TIIK ITKIJLO KEdlON. 5'.)'^ 



{(■) Oi-dcr (if lM'l)ni;ir-y 11, 11)0:», proliihiis licensed Iiidiiin ti-aders 

 froiu dealiiiu- in prehistoric wai-cs, thus reinovinii' IVoni the Indians 

 and otliei- jxTsoiis the temptation to despoil th(> ancient ceinetei'ies for 

 the sake of llie small |)ro(its to he derived therefrom. This corrects 

 an abuse that has heen \(mt pre\alent and disastrous. 



Up to the present time there has heen no coordination of the elh)rts 

 of the various depai'tments of ii()\-ei-nment alonii' this line; no i^cneral 

 supervision is exei'cised ; no systematic repoi'ts on the condition of the 

 ruins are reciuired: no system for i-eyu latino- excavations and the 

 disposition of specimens exists. The mattei- shoidd no lonii'er be 

 dealt Avith s|)oradically. V>'hat is needed is a comprehensive system 

 of atlministration and re^-ulation for the wliole subject. 



iNIeasures for the ])reservation of anti(piities can not be intelligently 

 framed without consideration of their situation with reference to 

 ownership or jurisdiction. In this res|)ect all those of the Pueblo 

 re<>:i()n may be classilied as in the following!,- list. Below each class I 

 have indicated the executi\'e ollicer ha\inii- jurisdiction over the class 

 of lands named and necessarily of all anti<|uities thereon. 



1. I'liose oil nntioiinl I'cserxalioiis or parks: 



The Secretary of tlie Interior. 

 L'. Tliose on forest reserves : 



The head of the Knreau of Forestry, under the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 ;'.. Those on Indian reservations: 



Tlie Comniissioner of Indian Affairs, under the Secretary of the Interior. 

 L Tliose on ndlitary reservations : 



The Secretary of War. 

 ."). Those on unaittiropriated public lands: 



The Commissioner of the General Land Olfice, under th(> Secretary of the 

 Interior. 

 (). Those on lands witlidrawn from entry for special purposes: 



The Commissioner of the General Land OtHce, under the Secretary of tlie 

 Interior. 



7. Those on State lands. 



8. Those on private lands (railroad liuids. grants, homesteads, etc.). 



In the appended list of imi)oi-tant districts and sites the jurisdiction 

 if known is indicated. 



The first class includes at present only Casa (irande in Arizona, 

 but important additions to this class are contemplated by certain 

 bills that have been before Coni>ress for some years. The i^rotectioii 

 of ruins in such reservations or parks is always adequately provided 

 for by special service. 



The second class, those on forest reserves, includes, as will be seen 

 by reference to the list, a large proportion of the most imixirtant 

 ruins. By act of Congress of February 1. UH)'k the administration 

 of forest reserves was transferred from the Uonnnissioner of the 

 General Land Office, Department of the Interior, to the forester and 

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