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  LETTER 
  TO 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
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  country 
  upon 
  his 
  map 
  ; 
  panoramic 
  views 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  being 
  made 
  

   from 
  the 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  peaks. 
  

  

  In 
  ethnography, 
  it 
  gives 
  us 
  faithful 
  portraits 
  of 
  the 
  varied 
  families 
  of 
  

   our 
  great 
  Indian 
  population, 
  representing 
  with 
  unquestioned 
  accuracy 
  

   the 
  peculiar 
  types 
  of 
  each 
  ; 
  their 
  manners 
  of 
  living, 
  dressing, 
  occupa- 
  

   tions, 
  and 
  mythical. 
  inscriptions. 
  In 
  archseology, 
  how 
  important 
  it 
  is 
  

   that 
  the 
  uncompromising 
  lens 
  portrays 
  the 
  at 
  present 
  almost 
  inaccessi- 
  

   ble 
  ancient 
  ruins 
  of 
  the 
  Southwestern 
  Territories 
  ! 
  These 
  photographs 
  

   can 
  be 
  sent 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  practically 
  answer 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  a 
  

   personal 
  inspection. 
  The 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  ruins 
  have 
  been 
  

   of 
  great 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  models 
  of 
  the 
  remarkable 
  

   cliff-houses 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Survey. 
  In 
  the 
  office, 
  the 
  uses 
  of 
  photography 
  are 
  manifold 
  : 
  copying 
  

   the 
  maps 
  of 
  the 
  topographers 
  to 
  a 
  given 
  scale 
  for 
  the 
  engraver 
  or 
  photo- 
  

   lithographer, 
  and 
  also 
  rare 
  documents 
  or 
  pictures 
  ; 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  

   views 
  for 
  the 
  stereopticon 
  for 
  lectures 
  ; 
  and 
  for 
  enlarged 
  transparent 
  pho- 
  

   tographs 
  on 
  glass 
  from 
  small 
  originals, 
  whereby 
  the 
  minutest 
  feature 
  of 
  

   rock 
  structure, 
  the 
  varied 
  details 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  ruin, 
  or 
  the 
  grand 
  and 
  im- 
  

   posing 
  mountain 
  mass, 
  are 
  brought 
  so 
  vividly 
  before 
  the 
  eye 
  that 
  they 
  

   can 
  be 
  studied 
  to 
  much 
  better 
  advantage 
  than 
  in 
  nature, 
  the 
  mind 
  being 
  

   in 
  rest, 
  and 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  perplexities 
  of 
  the 
  surroundings. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  negatives 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Survey 
  are 
  

   now 
  nearly 
  four 
  thousand. 
  Of 
  these, 
  upward 
  of 
  twelve 
  hundred 
  are 
  

   of 
  Indians 
  photographed 
  from 
  life, 
  representing 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  in- 
  

   dividuals 
  from 
  seventy-four 
  different 
  tribes. 
  The 
  great 
  Sioux 
  family 
  is 
  

   in 
  this 
  manner 
  well 
  represented, 
  and 
  among 
  them 
  are 
  Eed 
  Cloud, 
  Spotted 
  

   Tail, 
  and 
  Sitting 
  Bull. 
  The 
  Apaches, 
  Comanches, 
  Gheyennes, 
  Utes, 
  Na- 
  

   vajoes, 
  etc., 
  are 
  also 
  well 
  represented 
  by 
  excellent 
  negatives, 
  showing 
  not 
  

   only 
  theiT 
  personnel, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  customs. 
  

  

  The 
  occasion 
  of 
  the 
  display 
  at 
  the 
  International 
  Exhibition 
  at 
  Philadel- 
  

   phia 
  led 
  to 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  represent 
  as 
  forcibly 
  as 
  possible 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   recent 
  discoveries 
  of 
  the 
  Survey 
  of 
  remarkable 
  ancient 
  ruins 
  in 
  South- 
  

   western 
  Colorado, 
  and 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Holmes 
  with 
  the 
  Elk 
  Mount- 
  

   ain 
  models 
  suggested 
  the 
  same 
  means 
  for 
  effecting 
  this 
  purpose. 
  There 
  

   are 
  six 
  now 
  completed 
  of 
  archaeological 
  subjects, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Mancos 
  Cliff 
  House, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Holmes, 
  represents 
  a 
  ruin 
  in 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   ceedingly 
  well 
  preserved 
  condition, 
  perched 
  upon 
  a 
  little 
  shelf, 
  or 
  niche, 
  

   in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  a 
  bluff, 
  800 
  feet 
  vertically 
  above 
  the 
  valley 
  below. 
  The 
  

   model 
  is 
  30 
  by 
  40 
  inches 
  in 
  dimensions, 
  and 
  the 
  scale 
  four 
  feet 
  to 
  one 
  

   inch. 
  

  

  An 
  ancient 
  Cave 
  Town 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  caQon-of 
  the 
  De 
  Chelly, 
  near 
  the 
  

   San 
  Juan 
  River, 
  represents 
  a 
  very 
  interesting 
  and 
  extensive 
  ruin, 
  built 
  

   along 
  a 
  narrow 
  shelf, 
  or 
  bench, 
  seventy-five 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  valley, 
  and 
  

   overhung 
  by 
  the 
  bluff. 
  The 
  whole 
  ruin 
  is 
  nearly 
  six 
  hundred 
  feet 
  in 
  

   length, 
  with 
  originally 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  or 
  more 
  apartments. 
  The 
  

  

  