LETTEE OF TKANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 BuKEAu OP American Ethnology, 



Washington, D.G., March 29, 1959. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the accompanying manuscripts, en- 

 titled "Historic Sites Archeology on the Upper Missouri," by Merrill 

 J. Mattes ; "Historic Sites Archeology in the Fort Randall Reservoir, 

 South Dakota," by Jolin E. Mills ; "The Excavation and Investigation 

 of Fort Lookout Trading Post II (39LM57) in the Fort Randall 

 Reservoir, South Dakota," by Carl F. Miller; "Fort Pierre II 

 (39ST217), a Historic Trading Post in the Oahe Dam Area, South 

 Dakota," by G. Hubert Smith; "Archeological Investigations at the 

 Site of Fort Stevenson (32ML1), Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota," 

 by G. Hubert Smith (Introduction by Robert L. Stephenson and an 

 appendix by Carlyle S. Smith) ; "The Archeology of a Small Trading 

 Post (Kipp's Post, 32]VI]S'l) in the Garrison Reservoir, North 

 Dakota," by Alan R. Woolworth and W. Raymond Wood, and to 

 recommend that they be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of 

 American Etlmology. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., 



Director, 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



