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^[[ [see Omaha. VII. B. 11] ]]

Omaha Agency Nebr.

June 7. 1884

My dear Prof. Putnam.

It is with peculiar pleasure that I inform you of the presentation to the Peabody Museum for preservation the entire belongings of one of the Sacred tents of the Omaha Tribe. These Articles are gifted to you by the descendants of the hereditary chief of the Tribe, The Elk family, and presented thro. Frank La Flesche & myself.

These articles were the peculiar care of the Nejuesligens, the family of the hereditary chief having charge