LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
Bureau or AmerricaAn ErTHNoLoey, 
Washington, D. C., December 15, 1918. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the accompanying 
manuscript, entitled “ Mandan and Hidatsa Music,” by Frances Dens- 
more, and to recommend its publication as a bulletin of the Bureau of 
American Ethnology. 
Very respectfully, 
J. Watrer FewkeEs, 
, Chief. 
Dr. Cuartes D. Watcort, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
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