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[edit] Curse

RE: The so-called "curse" is mostly likely bogus...

I have not found any references to the "curse" of Cornstalk that were written or reported prior to the late-20th Century...

On the other hand -- according to an account written by Rev. William Henry Foote, published in the Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 16, Issue 9, pp. 533-540, Richmond, Virginia. 1850, Transcribed by Valerie F. Crook, 1998, Cornstalk's dying words (actually Cornstalk's words directed to Cornstalk's dying son) were:

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.

See: Cornstalk, The Shawnee Chief

--Wva-usa 11:55, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Good point (though the precise wording of Cornstalk's dying words in that 1850 account may reflect some poetic license). I wonder if the "curse" stories date from after Cornstalk's reburial in 1954? I've added a link about the reburial, written in 1954. It (significantly) does not mention any curse.--Kevin Myers 18:42, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)