PREFACE. V 



The besr collection of texts in the Siouau languages that 1 have seen 

 is in the library of Major J. W. Powell, Washington, D. C; the best 

 collections of Siouan literature are those in the Library of Congress and 

 in the British Museum. 



My thauks are due to Eev. J. Owen Dorsey, of the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology, who bas kindly translated the Siouan titles for me. 



J. C. P. 

 September 1, 1887. 



