Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-30
ADDITION TO SANTA
CLARA RESERVATION
PuebIOs Of That Village Are
Given Additional $4,000
Acres of Land
ADJOINS PAJARITO NATIONAL PARK

Superintendent Clinton j. Crandall,
of the United States Indian Training
school at Santa Fe, has received Off
cial information from the department
of the interior that the president of
the United States on July 30, last, is
issued an executive order setting aside
certain public lands lying and sit
uated in the county of Rio Arriba, and
including the canon of the Santa Clara
river and adjoining territory, for the
benefit and use of the Santa Clara pu-
eblo in addition to their grant of about
1900 acres. The reservation begins
at the west line of the present grant
to the Santa Clara pueblo, and runs
in a western direction to the east
boundary of the Baca location No. /.
It contains about 1900 acres of land,
is about eighteen miles from east to
west and from three to four miles
wide. This land was formerly includ-
ed in a land grant which the Santa
Clara pueblo purchased from the orig
inal owner about 100 years ago, and
was approved and confirmed by the
United States court of private land
claims to the pueblo. Owing to some
mischance or misunderstanding Or
wrong survey, or some other unforeseen
occurrence this land grant, when the
survey was finally confirmed to the
Santa Clara pueblo, amounted to less
than 500 acres. The present reserva-
ton, as established by the president,
on July 90, conflicts slightly with the
section known as the Pajarito Cliff
Dwellers' park. The cliff dwelling
usually visited by tourists and lying
Immediately south of the Santa Clara
river canon, are included in the new
reservation; here are also some cliffs
containing habitations and dwellings
north of the river within the reserva-
dion. Immediate steps will be taken
by the Indian office to prevent and
stop the cutting of timber and the de-
spOilings of the cliff dwellings on the
Santa Clara.
Orders to this effect have been re-
ceived by Superintendent Crandall and
will be carried u Immediately. Due
notice will be given and posters placed
at different points warning people TO
keep from trespassing on the reserva-
ton and prohibiting them from cutting
timber, searching Tor antiquities and
taking anything of the kind from the
reservation. 1t is now made a mis-
demeanOr by statute, to dig. take up,
oltdA ou OF carry away any dullQul-
ties OF archaeological objects on In
dian reservations, and the Indian of
flee intends to carry out the laws that
exist in this respect to the very let
ter.
superintendent CrandalI expects to
appoint a farmer for the Santa Clara
pueblo who will be a resident there.
This official, with the aid of several
Indian police, will have the charge
and care Of the preservation and main
~tenance OF the timber on the reserva-
ton as well as the cliff dwellings
situated there. All timber depreda-
tions will be stopped, and the greatest
care will be given to the preserva-
ton of the ruins as we'll as of the
archaeological and historical objects
that may be found in them. Destruc-
ton and defacinl of the ruins and the .
digging for objects viii Ice stopped al
once.
The Pajarito park reserve, which is
to be established if Congressman La
cey's bill to that effect passes, will
be situated due south of the Santa
Clara pueblo Indian reservation.
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