LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., February 20, 1905. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the Twenty- 
fourth 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, 1903, and this is followed by an extended memoir 
on American Indian Games, by Stewart Culin. 
Permit me to express my appreciation of your aid in 
the work under my charge. 
Very respectfully yours, 
W. H. Houmss, Chief. 
Mr 8. P. LANnGLEy, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
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