"John Adlum's 'Memoirs for the Year 1794' constitutes a remarkable work of reminiscence which covers his surveying work in northwestern Pennsylvania and tells of his dealings with the Seneca Indians, whom he persuaded both to allow him to carry on his surveying and, more important, to delay going to war against the United States. The details of his negotiations with Cornplanter, the famous Seneca chief; the reports of speeches exchanged with Cornplanter...