LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., February 37, 1891. 



SIR : Herewith I have the honor to submit si paper upon the para 

 phernalia of the medicine-men of the Apache and other tribes. 



Analogues have been pointed out, wherever possible, especially in 

 the case of the hoddentin and the izze-kloth, which have never to my 

 knowledge previously received treatment. 



Accompanying the paper is a bibliography of the principal works 

 cited. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



JOHN G. BOURKE, 

 Captain, Third Cavalry, U. A . Army. 

 Hon. J. W. POWELL, 



Director Bureau of .Ethnology. 



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