ADDRESSES OF MAJOR LACEY 223 



prevented general settlement, and without injury to the 

 living we can preserve these remarkable memorials of 

 the dead. 



While the name of the proposed park, Pajarito, sug- 

 gested by the Department of the Interior, is musical, 

 there is nothing in it suggesting the purposes of the pro- 

 posed park, as the word means ' ' little bird. ' ' It would be 

 commonly mispronounced by English-speaking people, 

 and we deemed it best to adopt the name which carries 

 with it the purpose and object of the proposed reserva- 

 tion. 



