LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Bureau of American Ethnology, 



Washington, D. C, Api^il 12, 1909. 

 Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith the manuscript of a paper 

 entitled " Indian Triljes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adja- 

 cent Coast of the Gulf of ^Mexico," by Dr. John R. Swanton. 



It is recommended that this paper be published as No. 43 in the 

 Bureau's series of Bulletins. 



Very respect full}', yours, 



W. H. Holmes, 



Chief. 

 The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C. 



