Seneca mission

Photograph of the Seneca mission house, c. 1912.
Photograph of the Seneca mission house, c. 1912.

The Seneca mission, sometimes called the Buffalo Creek mission,[1] was a Christian mission to the Seneca people living in and around the Buffalo Creek Reservation in western New York. It was maintained, by several leaders and under the supervision of numerous missionary societies, from the early to mid-19th century. Some Seneca people accepted the mission; others, including Red Jacket and his followers, were strenuously opposed. Missionaries affiliated with the Seneca mission, including Asher Wright, transcribed the Seneca language into the Roman alphabet and printed Christian literature in Seneca.

  1. ^ Densmore 1999, p. 94.