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vill DAKOTA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 
was assigned, with the consent of Mr. Riggs, to Mr. J. Owen Dorsey, of this 
Bureau, as Mr. Dorsey had been making a special study of the Siouan lan- 
guages, including the Dakota, since 1871, and was eminently qualified for 
the work. 
The original work of Messrs. Riggs and Dorsey, with other materials 
already published, will place the Siouan languages on record more thor- 
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oughly than those of any other family in this country. 
The accompanying letter of transmittal gives the reasons for the publi- 
cation of the dictionary before that of the grammar, texts, and ethnography. 
J. W. Powe tt, 
Director. 
