Volume 11 , Issue 40

Chief Cornstalk Monument

In this monument rests the remains of Keigh-tugh-qua, better known as Cornstalk to the early settlers and frontiersman. Chief Cornstalk was well known and respected by the white settlers and Indian tribes of the Ohio Valley.

As chief of the Shawnees and head of the Northwestern Confederated Tribes, Cornstalk decided to make peace with the white man. However, he was forced to lead the attack on the "Long Knives" at the battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. Although he survived the battle he died just three years later.
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