Some account of my journey to the Seneca Nation of Indians, and residence amongst that people, 1798-1799
Culture:
Seneca includes: Onöndowága
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language: English
Date: 1798-1799
Contributor: Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835
Subject: Missions | Religion | New York (State)--History | Social life and customs | Politics and government
Type: Text
Genre: Journals | Diaries | Travel narratives
Extent: 181 pages
Description: This manuscript, entitled “An account of my journey to the Seneca Nation of Indians, and residence amongst that people,” was compiled by Halliday Jackson, a Quaker missionary, during his yearlong residence with the Seneca Nation in New York. Jackson's chronicle is well-written, detailed, and often fascinating. It includes descriptions of daily life, weather, customs, and minutes of councils. Another copy of this journal, worded differently, was edited by Anthony F. C. Wallace and published in Pennsylvania History 19 (1952): 177, 325.
Collection: Some account of my journey to the Seneca Nation of Indians, and residence amongst that people, 1798-1799 Mss.970.3.J25