Cornstalk

leader of the Shawnee nation

1720 CE to 1777 CE

Cornstalk (Shawnee: Hokoleskwa) (ca.

1720 - November 10, 1777) is a prominent leader of the Shawnee nation just prior to the American Revolution.

His name, Hokoleskwa, translates loosely into "stalk of corn" in English, and is spelled Colesqua in some accounts.

He is also known as Keigh-tugh-qua and Wynepuechsika.

Cornstalk opposes European settlement west of the Ohio River in his youth, but he later becomes an advocate of peace after the Battle of Point Pleasant.

His murder by American militiamen at Fort Randolph during a diplomatic visit in November 1777 outrages both American Indians and Virginians.

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