LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, 



Wa.shhigfon, D. C, Juh/ 1, 1894. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit luy fifteenth annual report 

 as Director of the Bureau of Ethnohjgy. 



The first part consists of an exj)hmation of the phxn of the 

 Bureau and its operations during the fiscal year 1893-94; the 

 second part comprises a series of special papers setting forth 

 certain results of the work of the Bureau relating to arche- 

 ology and tlie social organization of the American Indians. 

 I desire to express my thanks for your earnest support and 

 your ^^'ise counsel relating to the work under my charge. 

 I am, with respect, your obedient servant, 



Director. 



Honorable S. P. Langley, 



Secretari/ of tlie SmU]isoi/i(t)i Institution. 



