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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
SMITHSONIAN INsTITUTION, 
Bureat or Amertcan ErHNo.oey, 
Washington, D. C., January 4, 1921. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit the accompanying manuscript, 
entitled “ Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes 
West of the Mississippi,” by David I. Bushnell, jr., and to recommend 
its publication, subject to your approval, as a bulletin of this Bureau. 
Very respectfully, 
J. Waurer Frewxes, 
Chief. 
Dr. Cuaries D. Waucort, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
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