Cornstalk, American tribal chief (born 1720)

Cornstalk (Shawnee leader)

Shawnee leader in the American Revolution

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…