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Cornstalk

Native American in the American Revolution

PersonhumanQ248519

Born: 1710
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1.google.com/books/edition/Shawnee_Heritage_I/uPsmCAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Hokolesqua%201710
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Died: November 10, 1777
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Place of death: Point Pleasant
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: traditional leader or chief

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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 He first appears in historical documents in 1764, when he was one of the hostages surrendered to the British as part of the peace negotiations ending Pontiac's War.

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Sex or gender: male
Sibling: Nonhelema
Place of burial: Tu-Endie-Wei State Park
Ethnic group: Shawnee

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