ADDRESSES OF MAJOR LACEY 221 



panying Mr. Mankin's report of December 4, 1899, and also on 

 the inclosed map of the territory of New Mexico. 



The estimated area of the park is about 240 square miles, con- 

 taining about 153,620 acres. The southwestern portion of this 

 region, township 18 north, ranges 5 and 6 east, lying west of the 

 Ramon Vigil Grant, is known to this office to contain cliff dwell- 

 ers' ruins and other antiquities of great interest, and the same 

 has accordingly been included in the boundaries of the proposed 

 park, although, owing to the inaccessibility of the region, the lo- 

 cation of these ruins is not indicated on the inclosed map of that 

 district. 



Mr. Mankin 's report of December 4 states : 



''I would suggest as a suitable name for said reservation the 

 title 'Pajarito National Park,' the 'Pajarito Canyon' (pro- 

 nounced pah-har-ee-toe, meaning a small bird or sparrow) being 

 the central and dominant feature of interest in the tract. ' ' 



I have accordingly designated the reservation "The Pajarito 

 National Park." 



I desire to further invite attention to the fact that, since Mr. 

 Mankin's report of December 4 states that the entire western 

 portion of this region "is covered with a heavy growth of pine, 

 spruce, and fir, ' ' which forms the watershed of numerous tribu- 

 taries of the Rio Grande del Norte, the establishment of this na- 

 tional park will doubtless serve an added purpose in conserving 

 the water supply of that region. 



The need for promptness of action in creating this park, 

 urged in the above-mentioned report by Mr. Mankin, dated 

 March 1, 1900, is further attested by the accompanying letter re- 

 ceived, under date of October 26, 1900, from the president of the 

 New Mexico Normal University, Hon. Edgar L. Hewett, stating 

 as follows: 



' ' I believe more earnestly than ever in the desirability of cre- 

 ating this into a national park under the protection of the gov- 

 ernment. At no time in the history of that region has such 

 wanton vandalism gone on as during the past summer. Irre- 

 sponsible persons have destroyed valuable burial mounds, de- 

 stroyed the walls of buildings, and much priceless material has 



