Grenadier Squaw Village / Cornstalk Town

The Grenadier Squaw Village stood between this area and Scippo Creek on the Pickaway Plains, the primary Shawnee settlement in Ohio. Non-hel-e-ma, born circa 1722, was the sister of Cornstalk and Silver Heels. Called Grenadier Squaw because of her imposing stature, she spoke four languages and served as a peacemaker and interpreter. After the peace treaty with Lord Dunmore in 1774, and despite Cornstalk's murder, she remained allied with the Americans. The "Burning Ground," where captured prisoners were burned at the stake, lay on the elevated hill just south of her village, and the Council House stood slightly to the northwest. Cornstalk's Town was on the north bank of Scippo Creek directly north of here. Cornstalk, or Keigh-tugh-qua, was known for his commanding appearance, intellect, and skill as an orator. As chief, he led the Shawnees in Dunmore's War at the Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia, on October 10, 1774. After the Shawnee retreat, and to avoid destruction of their villages on the Pickaway Plains, they agreed to the peace terms of the Treaty of Camp Charlotte. Although Cornstalk honored the treaty, some Shawnee continued attacking white settlements. In 1777 he went to Fort Randolph at Point Pleasant to discuss the developing alliance between these Shawnee and the British and the danger to settlements in Virginia and Kentucky. In retaliation for a murder by an Indian raiding party, Cornstalk and his son Ellinipsico were killed while at Fort Randolph.

Ohio · United States