SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY,

Washington, D. C., August 4, 1916.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the Thirtyseventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916.

With appreciation of your aid in the work under my charge, I am

Very respectfully, yours,

Dr. CHARLES D. WALCOTT,

F. W. HODGE, Ethnologist-in-charge.

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

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