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Cornstalk Quotes

1720–1777

Cornstalk (blade of corn), known as Cornstalk (c. 1720 – 10 November 1777) was a prominent leader of the Shawnee people in the era of the American Revolution; his name has been spelled a variety of ways, including Colesqua and Keigh-tugh-qua. This monument is celebrating a perpetrator of genocide. https://www.fold3.com/page/711/massacre-at-muddy-creek/stories

Random Cornstalk quote

4 quotes

When I was a young man and went to war, I thought that might be the last time, and I would return no more. Now I am here among you; you may kill me if you please; I can die but once; and it is all one to me, now or another time.

Pretend to be friendly. Eat with them. Laugh with them. When they are sated and trust you, attack them, kill all their men and kidnap their women and children!

What shall we do now? the big knife is coming on us and we shall all be killed. Now we must fight or we are done. Then let us kill all our women and children and go fight until we die? I shall go and make peace!

My son, the Great Spirit has seen fit that we should die together; and has sent you here. It is his will. Let us submit. It is best...

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Cornstalk (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.