Helizikinopo

Seen as wife of Hokolesqua, Sachem Cornstalk

(1) Helizikinopo -Shawnee [likely a Mekoche], b abt 1715 PA d aft 1809 OH

The names of her parents are not known, but her father was a Mekoche chief of the Snake clan, in high standing. Her brothers were Big Snake, Green Snake & Great Snake.

Married by about 1730, as his first wife, to Chief Corn Stalk [aka Wneypuechsika, Keightughquah -which signified a blade or stalk of maize; - - b about 1710 in Greenbrier County,Western PA d 11 Nov 1777 murdered by whites at Ft. Randolph, Point Pleasant WV.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shawnee-53

There is no historical documentation of a name for any wife of Cornstalk, and the names of only two of his children exist in historical records. [Elinipsico]

Their children From Shawnee Heritage VI. By Don Greene. Page 207. GoogleBooks

1. Walker - Pomeatha / 1730 (Ousta Carpenter, Chalakatha Woman / 1740, Margaret Peggy See)
2. Wolf - Cutenwha / 1732 (Chalakatha Woman / 1736)
3. Catherine / 1734 (Petella Cornstalk)
4. Chenesaw / 1736 (Chalakatha Woman / 1740)
5. Greenbrier / 1738 (Ruben Kennison)
6. Aracoma / 1740 (Boling Baker)
7. Elizabeth / 1742 (John Swift, Petella Cornstalk)
8. Ellinipsico / 1744 (Mary Catherine See / 1749, Mary Molly Moore / 1750, Chalakatha Woman / 1755)
9. Young Cornstalk / 1746 (Chalakatha Woman / 1750, Elizabeth See / 1750)
10. Mary - Blue Sky / 1748 (Parker Adkins). NB: shown in Mornstarz as “Mary (Swift-Adkins)”. Shown as separate Mary / 1735 & Blue Sky / 1744 - 1750 by David Leas & Sheila Metcalf.
11. Esther / 1750 (Thomas Soward)
12. Oceana / 1752

-all Shawnee (29/ 32nd + Chalakatha-Mekoche-Shawano-Chalaka-Chickahominy-Métis)

Adoptive mother 1740 PA of Petella Cornstalk / 1730 - white; 1763 OH of John See / 1759 & Elizabeth See / 1754.

They moved by about 1745 with Peter Chartier to Ohio & stayed in Lower Town when the Chartier group moved to Kentucky.

Helizikinopo signed a complaint to the US in 1809 along with her brother Big Snake and nephew Capt. Big Snake.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornstalk [no discussion of family]
• “ Hokolesqua” Ohio History Central. “Hokolesqua -- called "Cornstalk" by Anglo-Americans -- was a Shawnee leader. He was born about 1720. His Indian name was variously pronounced as Hokolesqua, Colesqua and Keigh-tugh-qua and was freely translated to mean "blade of corn". Little is known about his early years. In all likelihood, he was born in Pennsylvania, the home of the Shawnee in the 1720s, and then moved to Ohio around 1730 with most of the Shawnee people. ... Hokolesqua abided by this treaty for the rest of his life. Most Shawnee did not. By 1777, the Shawnee Indians again planned to drive the white settlers from the region. This time they did so at the urging of British soldiers who sought assistance in defeating the colonists in the American Revolution. Cornstalk and his son, Elinipsico, went to Point Pleasant, the site of an American fort, to warn the whites of the impending attack. The Americans took the Shawnee hostage. Shortly thereafter, news reached Point Pleasant that, the Shawnee had ambushed and killed an American soldier. Seeking vengeance, the colonists killed Hokolesqua, his son, and other American Indians in American custody.”
• Shawnee history In July, 1776 near Boonesborough, Daniel Boone's 14-year-old daughter and two of her friends were captured by a Shawnee-Cherokee war party. Boone rescued them after a three-day chase and pitched battle. The situation deteriorated so rapidly into personal hatreds and reprisals that Cornstalk was losing control of his warriors. Accompanied by his son in 1777, he went to Fort Randolph (Point Pleasant) to warn the Americans the Shawnee were going over to the British. Rather than being grateful for this, the soldiers took Cornstalk hostage and later murdered him to avenge the killing of a white man. Cornstalk's successor was Blackfish, a bitter enemy of the Americans, who retaliated with raids throughout Kentucky and western Pennsylvania.
• “Cornstalk" at shawnee-bluejacket.com (December 13, 2002). link “Some of his children that have been mentioned are Oceano, Elinipso (Elinipisco, Elinispisco Nipseko), Aracroma (The Aracroma legend, married Boiling Baker), Greenbrier (name from the Greenbrier area of the Kanawha River?), Bluesky, Wynepuechiska (Peter), Wissecapoway, Piaserka (The Wolf). Other names mentioned are Mary, Elizabeth, Esther, Peter, Nern-Pe-Nes-Quah. Keigh-taugh-quah.”
• http://mornstarz.blogspot.com/2008/04/2-1-1.html “ (2008);(1) Helizikinopo by 1730 -Shawnee [likely a Mekoche], b abt 1715 PA d aft 1756 OH sister of Big Snake. children - Chenusaw, Wolf, Walker, Newa, Aracoma (Baker), Greenbrier (Kennison), Cornstalk Jr, Mary (Swift-Adkins), Ellinipsico, Elizabeth (Petella), Esther (Sowards), Oceana-all Shawnee”
• “Chief Cornstalk: Shawnee Lineage” Posted by Sheila under Adkins (October 11, 2010)
• https://en.rodovid.org/wk/Person:591933 (This page was last modified 12:31, 5 December 2011.)
• Shawnee Heritage I By Don Greene (2014). Page 83.
• Shawnee Heritage II By Don Greene (2014). Page 254
• Shawnee Heritage VI. By Don Greene (2014) Page 207.
• Shawnee Heritage IX By Don Greene (2014) Page 287.
• “ Helizikinopo Ounaconoa” by This Website was Created 14 Aug 2020 with Legacy 9.0 from MyHeritage; content copyright and maintained by david@davidleas.com