THE PAJARITO ' 



AN OUTING WITH THE AKCHAEOLOGISTS 



It was in August, 1902, that Prof. Edgar L. Hewett 

 urged me to visit the ruins of the cliff dwellers and cave 

 dwellers and see for myself the necessity and propriety 

 of the enactment of a law to protect and preserve the 

 ancient aboriginal ruins of the Southwest; and so Dr. 

 Hewett, Congressman B. S. Rodey, Land Commissioner 

 Keen, and myself visited the Pajarito region ; slept in the 

 deserted caves, explored the communal ruins, and then 

 pursued our journey to the still living pueblos of Santa 

 Clara, San Ildefonso, Cochiti, ending with Santa Fe and 

 Acoma. 



It was this trip that led to the introduction and passage 

 of my bill for the preservation of aboriginal ruins and 

 places of scenic and scientific interest upon the public do- 

 main, under which the Petrified Forest, the Olympic 

 Range Elk Reserve and about two hundred places of eth- 

 nological interest have been designed as " monuments ' ' 

 and preserved to the public. And it was the enactment of 

 this law which led to the formation of the School of Amer- 

 ican Archaeology. 



Under the American Archaeological Institute, or aux- 

 iliary to it, are four archaeological schools : Rome, Ath- 

 ens, Jerusalem, and Santa Fe. 



Santa Fe is young as compared with the other three 

 cities, but is old indeed measured by American history, 

 for its foundation in 1605 was four years ahead of James- 

 town and fifteen years senior to the landing at Plymouth 

 Rock. 



i By John F. Lacey. 



