﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  57 
  

  

  holism 
  of 
  the 
  totem 
  poles, 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  houses, 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  clans, 
  and 
  whatever 
  scientific 
  data 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  those 
  still 
  

   living 
  who 
  once 
  inhabited 
  these 
  villages. 
  This 
  line 
  of 
  investigation 
  

   appeals 
  very 
  strongly 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  from 
  his 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  

   in 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  Mesa 
  Verde 
  National 
  Park. 
  In 
  1908, 
  when 
  he 
  began 
  

   work 
  on 
  this 
  park, 
  only 
  25 
  tourists 
  visited 
  the 
  Mesa 
  Verde 
  ; 
  this 
  year, 
  

   1922, 
  the 
  number 
  will 
  reach 
  4,500. 
  This 
  shows 
  a 
  great 
  growth 
  of 
  

   interest 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  being 
  done 
  there 
  ; 
  and, 
  as 
  many 
  tourists 
  now 
  seek 
  

   Alaska 
  in 
  their 
  summer 
  vacation, 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  villages 
  repaired 
  would 
  

   attract 
  many 
  visitors. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  continue 
  this 
  work 
  next 
  

   summer 
  with 
  an 
  enlarged 
  appropriation. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  in 
  other 
  lines 
  has 
  gone 
  on 
  with 
  customary 
  

   vigor. 
  The 
  chief 
  has 
  repeatedly 
  emphasized 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  rescu- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  linguistic 
  and 
  sociological 
  data 
  of 
  those 
  Indian 
  stocks 
  that 
  

   are 
  rapidty 
  disappearing. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  culpable 
  if 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  

   languages 
  should 
  vanish 
  completely 
  without 
  some 
  record. 
  Interest 
  

   in 
  the 
  aborigines 
  of 
  this 
  continent 
  has 
  greatly 
  increased 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   years, 
  especially 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  stimulus 
  of 
  the 
  movement 
  called 
  

   " 
  See 
  America 
  First." 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  his 
  purely 
  administrative 
  duties, 
  considerable 
  time 
  

   has 
  been 
  devoted 
  by 
  the 
  chief 
  to 
  researches 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  This 
  work 
  

   was 
  archeological 
  in 
  nature 
  and 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  previous 
  

   years, 
  and 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  National 
  Park 
  

   Service 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Interior. 
  

  

  Two 
  months 
  were 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Far 
  View 
  House, 
  

   the 
  first 
  pueblo 
  discovered 
  on 
  the 
  Mesa 
  Verde 
  National 
  Park, 
  six 
  

   years 
  ago. 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  this 
  fine 
  ruin 
  was 
  thoroughly 
  

   repaired 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  such 
  condition 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  now 
  resist 
  the 
  wear 
  

   of 
  the 
  elements 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  Ruins 
  once 
  repaired 
  must 
  bo 
  

   watched 
  with 
  care. 
  On 
  an 
  average 
  between 
  3,000 
  and 
  4,000 
  visitors, 
  

   mainly 
  tourists, 
  visit 
  the 
  Mesa 
  Verde 
  National 
  Park 
  and 
  examine 
  

   the 
  excavated 
  ruins. 
  Fifteen 
  thousand 
  visitors 
  have 
  already 
  passed 
  

   through 
  Spruce-tree 
  House 
  and 
  Cliff 
  Palace, 
  and 
  the 
  wear 
  on 
  the 
  soft 
  

   rock 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  ruins 
  are 
  made 
  is 
  beginning 
  to 
  show. 
  Unless 
  

   constant 
  vigilance 
  is 
  exercised 
  the 
  walls 
  will 
  fall 
  within 
  a 
  short 
  

   time. 
  Any 
  deterioration 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  repaired 
  annually. 
  Tourists 
  

   are 
  not 
  now 
  permitted 
  to 
  visit 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  ruins 
  on 
  this 
  park 
  without 
  

   a 
  guide, 
  a 
  regulation 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  strictly 
  enforced 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year. 
  

  

  Field 
  work 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  excavating 
  a 
  ruin 
  

   called 
  Pipe 
  Shrine 
  House, 
  situated 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Far 
  View 
  House. 
  

   This 
  was 
  apparently 
  a 
  communal 
  building, 
  or 
  one 
  not 
  inhabited, 
  

   which 
  was 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  pueblo 
  for 
  sacred 
  ceremonies. 
  

   It 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  Pipe 
  Shrine 
  House, 
  so 
  called, 
  bears 
  the 
  same 
  

   relationship 
  to 
  Far 
  View 
  House 
  that 
  the 
  Lower 
  House 
  of 
  the 
  Yucca 
  

  

  