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In addition to numerous essays dealing -with the linguistic ana other anthropologic 

 matters which appeared from time to time in various periodicals, Mr. Dorsey pub- 

 lished under the auspices of the Bureau of Ethnology the following excellent and 

 suggestive memoirs: Omaha Sociology, Osage Traditions, A Study of Siouan Cults, 

 Omaha Dwellings, Furniture, arrd Implements ; Omaha and Ponka Letters, and The 

 Dhegiha Language, with Myths, Stories, andLetters. He also edited the Dakota-Eng- 

 lish Dictionary, and Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography of the late Rev. S. R. 

 Riggs, forming, respectively,VolumesVIIandIX of Contributions to North American 

 Ethnology. At the time of his death he had completed a paper on Siouan sociology. 

 Among the papers and articles of marked importance published in extra-govern- 

 mental media may be mentioned Migrations of Siouan Tribes, Comparative Phonology 

 of Four Siouan Languages, An Account of the War Customs of the Osages, and 

 Mourning and War Customs of the Kansas. 



By reason of the purity and unselfishness of his motives, aud the warmth and sun- 

 shine of his amiable nature, he won the esteem of all who had the pleasure of meet- 

 ing him, and, being ever kind, affable, and cheerful to his colleagues, ever willing to 

 aid and advise them, James Owen Dorsey was sincerely and cordially loved and 

 revered by all. 



Very respectfully, J. W. Powell, 



Director. 

 Mr. S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



