A stalk of Indian corn.

Hokoleskwa or Cornstalk (c.1720 – November 10, 1777) was a prominent leader of the Shawnee people in the era of the American Revolution. His name in his own language meant "blade of corn", and was rendered in innumerable variations by contemporary chroniclers, including Colesqua and Keigh-tugh-qua. Cornstalk's murder by American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War outraged American Indians and whites alike, and deprived both sides of an advocate of peace in an already bitter conflict.