LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 BuEEAU OP American Ethnology, 

 Washington, D.O., September 30, 1963. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 

 "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization," by Alfred W. Bowers, 

 and to recommend that it be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., 



Director. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



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