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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb 24 - 1909 Dr George M Pepper Am. Museum Nat-Hist - New York City, NY - Dear Mr Pepper: I have lookt [[looked]] over, with much interest, the joint paper by yourself + Mr Gilbert L Wilson on "A Hidatsa Shrine + the Beliefs Respecting It." It is full of parallels with my own gatherings, both in ceremony + myth. The Cheyennes + Arapahoes designate the Hidatsa by a name and sign which means "spreading tipis," ie wide at the base, frequently incorrectly rendered as "Row of Lodges." With best wishes James Mooney