﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL. 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  October 
  1, 
  1886. 
  

   Sir- 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  my 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  

   as 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  part 
  consists 
  of 
  an 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  and 
  

   operations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau; 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  papers 
  on 
  anthropologic 
  subjects, 
  prepared 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  

   methods 
  and 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  I 
  desire 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  thanks 
  for 
  your 
  earnest 
  support 
  and 
  

   your 
  wise 
  counsel 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  under 
  my 
  charge. 
  

   I 
  am, 
  with 
  respect, 
  your 
  obedient 
  servant, 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Spencer 
  F. 
  Baird, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  