I am looking for any and all information on Chief Peter Cornstalk of the Eel River Miami tribe. I know that He lived just North of Burlington, Indiana, He was well Liked and respected By Settlers, and that He died in 1838. He was sent from Burlington to the then village of Kokomo, to be buried at the Indiana cemetery located there. However the Settlers that were paid $5 to transport the body, concluded that they had went far enough for the money and buried Him 2 and a half Miles East of there, at the fork of what is now known as “Petes Run.” He was so revered by the settlers that they opened a Post office named “Peter Cornstalk Post office,” right near his burial spot.
Sadly Peters Son Young Pete, who like his father was Loved by Many, Found the men burying His father and taking the Ornaments He was to be buried with. He shot one of the Men, and two years later stabbed the other man to death. He had no charges placed against Him for it, because the Men had it coming, and it was deemed Indian Justice. I recently went to the spot of his burial, and found nothing to be there, no headstone, nor Marker of the Chief. I can find Very little about where He came from, There is a possibility that he was the Son of nephew of the Peter Cornstalk that has been discussed Here. His Son Peter Cornstalk lived on from 1838, and I don’t have any idea or cant find any information relating to Him after His Father died. As it goes, I lease the Land where Petes Run flows into the Wildcat creek, It has been said that the spot where it flows into the wildcat was where He had lived before Moving to Burlington, Indiana a couple Miles west of there. I want to have a Monument erected on the spot of His burial, at the fork of Pete’s Run, telling about the man, and His place in local history. I would love to speak with anyone that may be related to HIM.
Michael stroup
email address: mrkatt420@gmail.com
telephone number: 765-470-2826
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Comment on Chief Cornstalk: Shawnee Lineage by Michael Stroup
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