﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  June 
  1, 
  1944. 
  

  

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

  

  "Handbook 
  of 
  South 
  American 
  Indians. 
  Volume 
  2. 
  The 
  Andean 
  

  

  Civilizations/ 
  ' 
  edited 
  by 
  Julian 
  H. 
  Steward, 
  and 
  to 
  recommend 
  that 
  it 
  

  

  be 
  published 
  as 
  a 
  bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling, 
  Chief. 
  

   Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  