Chief Cornstalk
Biography
Also known as Hokoleskwa, Chief Cornstalk was a tribal leader of the Shawnee Tribe of Native Americans. In 1759 Cornstalk and his migratory tribe arrived in Kerr's Creek, where they confronted and killed a number of Scotts-Irish settlers, captured others, and destroyed settlements. Cornstalk was killed in 1777 in a conflict involving soldiers at Point Pleasant. James Hull was tried in Rockbridge County for his murder.
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Cornstalk, 1926-10-28, 1935-02
This file consists of three articles written on Chief Cornstalk, and his involvement in violent raids that occured in Rockbridge County, as well as his death at the hands of a soldier, Jacob Hull, in 1777 in Point Pleasant. Cornstalk led battles during Pontiac's Raid.
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