[The Winning of the West, Volume One by Theodore Roosevelt]@TWC D-Link bookThe Winning of the West, Volume One CHAPTER IX 4/59
He soon returned to the Indians, and dwelt among them ever afterwards, the most inveterate foe of the whites that was to be found in all the tribes.
He lived to be a very old man, and is said to have died fighting his ancient foes and kinsmen, the Americans, in our second war against the British. But Lord Dunmore's army was not destined to strike the decisive blow in the contest.
The great Shawnee chief, Cornstalk, was as wary and able as he was brave.
He had from the first opposed the war with the whites;[6] but as he had been unable to prevent it, he was now bent on bringing it to a successful issue.
He was greatly outnumbered; but he had at his command over a thousand painted and plumed warriors, the pick of the young men of the western tribes, the most daring braves to be found between the Ohio and the Great Lakes.
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