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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 Washington, D.O., December 31, 1963. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 

 "The Ponca Tribe," by James H. Howard, and to recommend that 

 it be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of American Etlinology. 

 Veiy respectfully yours, 



Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., 



Director. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



