LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Lnstitution, 

 Bureau of American Ethnology. 



Washington, D. C, July 30, 1909. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the Thirtieth 

 Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnolog}', com- 

 prising an account of the operations of the Bureau during 

 the fiscal year ended Jvme 30, 1909. 



Permit me to express my appreciation of your aid in the 

 work tmder my charge. 



Very respectfully, yours, 



W. H. Holmes, Chief. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary qf the Smithsonian Institution. 



