1To George Washington from Commissioners of Indian Affairs, 9 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
The commissioners of Indian affairs for this department are convened on a visit from a number of the Seneca warriors accompanied by a few Oniedas—Tuscaroras—Onondagas—and Mohawks; The chief errand of the former is to deliver up John Jenkins a prisoner carried to Niagara and to procure the liberty of Astiarix one of their own chiefs taken on the frontiers of Virginia, in exchange. At their own...