﻿LETTER 
  OE 
  TRANSMITTAL 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  ('., 
  August 
  10, 
  1907. 
  

   Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  herewith 
  the 
  Twenty- 
  

   seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Eth- 
  

   nology. 
  

  

  The 
  preliminary 
  portion 
  comprises 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   operations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1906, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  monograph 
  on 
  "The 
  

   Omaha 
  tribe," 
  by 
  Alice 
  C. 
  Fletcher 
  and 
  Francis 
  La 
  Flesche 
  

   (a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe). 
  

  

  Permit 
  me 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  appreciation 
  of 
  your 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  

   work 
  under 
  my 
  charge. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully, 
  yours, 
  

  

  W. 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  Chief. 
  

   Mr. 
  Richard 
  Rathbux, 
  

  

  Acting 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  