Meet Chief Cornstalk
Event starts at 12:00 PM.
Cornstalk was a Shawnee chief who fought in the French and Indian War and carried out raids into the Greenbrier Valley during Pontiac’s Rebellion. On October 10, 1774, he led nearly a thousand Shawnee warriors against an equal number of Virginians at the Battle of Point Pleasant in the major engagement of Dunmore’s War.
Portrayed by: DAN CUTLER , courtesy West Virginia Humanities Council's History Alive program.
The Native American History Series continues October 14 with Doug Wood on Cornstalk, November 25 with C. Allan Spencer on Eastern Woodland Culture, and January 6 with Alan Fitzpatrick on his book, Place of the Skull.
Cornstalk was a Shawnee chief who fought in the French and Indian War and carried out raids into the Greenbrier Valley during Pontiac’s Rebellion. On October 10, 1774, he led nearly a thousand Shawnee warriors against an equal number of Virginians at the Battle of Point Pleasant in the major engagement of Dunmore’s War.Portrayed by: DAN CUTLER , courtesy West Virginia Humanities Council's History Alive program.
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