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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, Washington, D. C., May 20, 1908. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration the manuscript of Tlingit Myths and Texts, by Dr. John R. Swanton, with the recommendation that it be published in this Bureau's series of Bulletins.

Yours, respectfully,

W. H. Holmes, Chief.

The SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. C.

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