Cornstalk (Shawnee: Hokoleskwa) (ca. 1720 – November 10, 1777) was 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 was also known as Keigh-tugh-qua and Wynepuechsika.
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| - Cornstalk (Shawnee: Hokoleskwa) (ca. 1720 – November 10, 1777) was 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 was also known as Keigh-tugh-qua and Wynepuechsika.
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| - Helizikinopo , m. ca. 1739; Ounaconoa Moytoy , m. ca. 1740; Catherine Vanderpool
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| - Point Pleasant, West Virginia
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| - Drawing of Chief Cornstalk from Frost's pictorial history of Indian wars and captivities
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| - Keigh-tugh-qua and Wynepuechsika
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| - Aracoma Cornstalk, Elinipsico Cornstalk
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| - Killed by soldiers from Fort Randolph
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| - Prominent leader of the Shawnee nation
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| - Moytoy II Pigeon of Tellico , Hawwaythi
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| - Cornstalk (Shawnee: Hokoleskwa) (ca. 1720 – November 10, 1777) was 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 was also known as Keigh-tugh-qua and Wynepuechsika. Cornstalk opposed European settlement west of the Ohio River in his youth, but he later became an advocate for peace after the Battle of Point Pleasant. His murder by American militiamen at Fort Randolph during a diplomatic visit in November 1777 outraged both American Indians and Virginians.
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