LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
BuREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., June 11, 1918. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit the accompanying manuscript, 
entitled “A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, 
Chitimacha, and Atakapa Languages,’ by John R. Swanton, with 
the recommendation that it be published, subject to your approval, 
as Bulletin 68 of this Bureau. 
Very respectfully, ; 
J. WaLTER FEWKEs, 
Chief. 
Dr. CHartes D. WaALcort, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
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