Two miles northwest of this site on Scippo Creek stood the town of the Shawnee chief Cornstalk, celebrated for leading an Indian army against Virginia volunteers under Colonel Andrew Lewis at the Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia, on October 10, 1774. Although they destroyed one-fifth of Lewis' forces, the Indians retreated and made peace with Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, at Camp Charlotte, a few miles east of Cornstalk's town.