Cornstalk
Native American in the American Revolution · United States · Lived 1710 to 1777 · aged 67
Cornstalk is read about 65 times a day, in 12 languages.
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Something wrong?Cornstalk was a Shawnee leader in the Ohio Country in the 1760s and 1770s. His name in the Shawnee language was Hokoleskwa. Little is known about his early life. He may have been born in the Province of Pennsylvania. In 1763, he reportedly led a raid against British American colonists in Pontiac's War.
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Replica of Fort Randolph in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The original, built on the site of the Battle of Point Pleasant, was where Cornstalk was murdered.
Cornstalk monument located at Logan Elm State Memorial in Pickaway County, Ohio
Illustration of Cornstalk about to be murdered, from a 1920 children's book
Cornstalk's gravesite in Point Pleasant, West VirginiaAbout this person
Cornstalk was a Shawnee leader in the Ohio Country in the 1760s and 1770s. His name in the Shawnee language was Hokoleskwa. Little is known about his early life. He may have been born in the Province of Pennsylvania. In 1763, he reportedly led a raid against British American colonists in Pontiac's War. He first appears in historical documents in 1764, when he was one of the hostages surrendered to the British as part of the peace negotiations ending Pontiac's War.
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