Ellinipsco
(Ellenepsice)
"Allanawissica"
Shawnee
Born about in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Hokolesqua Cornstalk Shawnee
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Wissecapoway Shawnee and Cutemwha the Wolf Shawnee
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 32
in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Virginia (Now West Virginia)
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Biography
Ellenepsice was Shawnee.
Very little is known about Ellinipsico, son of Cornstalk " Hokolesqua" Shawnee other than he and his father were murdered at Point Pleasant.[1] He is not the same person as Peter Cornstalk who lived in Indiana in the 1820s-1830s.[2]
- Kevin Myers' research indicates that Ellinipsico was also known as Allanawissica.[3]
A previous version of this profile claimed, without sufficient source (but apparently from Don Greene's Shawnee Heritage books, that he married Mary Catherine Bailey by whom he had the following children:
Since there is no historical documentation supporting this, the spouse and children have been detached.
Research Notes
- The following should be incorporated as appropriate and with citations into the narrative above. Thank you.
- murdered by Captain James Hall and associates
The Indian was Elinipisco, son of the noted Shawnee chief, Cornstalk. His white companion was Tavenor Ross who had been raised by the Indians after his capture as a boy up at Fort Cumberland. This was the beginning of the Battle of .. of the American Revolution magazine: Volume 108, Issues 1-10
- Taverner Ross m. first an Indian wife; m. second Aphia Ward. [1]
- Taverner Ross was on the Indian side of the Battle of Point Pleasant [2]
George Carpenter found an Indian sleeping and spared his life. It turned out to be Elinipsico and he later save Carpenter's life twice - Draper
By HIS Excellency PATRICK HENRY Governor, or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of VIRGINIA[4]
A PROCLAMATION
- WHEREAS a most barbarous murder was on the tenth day of November last committed by a number of persons belonging to a detachment of the militia of this state an Indian chief called CORNSTALK, his son, and two other Indians at Fort Randolph on the Ohio, although the said Indians had been convicted of no hostile act or purpose, and were at that time under the pl ghted (sic) protection of the garrison of the place, whereby a deep wound has been given to the honor and faith of this country, the laws of the state have been most flagrantly violated, and the vengeance of a cruel enemy provoked on the innocent inhabitants of the western frontiers, as well as a dangerous example given to licentious and bloodthirsty men wantonly to involve their country in the horrours of a savage war; and whereas it appears from sundry depositions transmitted to me that James Hall of the county of Rockbridqe, and Malcolm McCown of Augusta, Adam Barnes of Greenbrier, William Roane of Rockbridge and Hugh Galbreath of Rockbridge were deeply concerned in promoting and perpetrating the said outrage, I do by and with the advice of the Council of State issue this my proclamation strictly requiring the citizens of this commonwealth, more especially all officers civil and military, to use the most vigorous exertions to bring these seperate offenders to the punishment due their guilt. And as an encouragement thereto, as well as a proof of the public abhorrence of such detestable crimes, I do offer to such person or persons as shall secure any of the offenders so that they be brought to justice the following rewards that is for James Hall 200 dollars, for Malcolm McCown 150 dollars, for Adam Barnes, William Roane and Hugh Galbreath i00 dollars each.
- Given under my hand at the Council Chamber in the city of Williamsburg this 27th day of March in the second year of the commonwealth, Annogue Dom 1778
- “ Pvt. James Harrison-Amherst Co. Va., Sept. 3 1832: b. Sept. 4, 1755, Culpepper Co., Va, “The Year of Braddock’s defeat”, enlisted in Rockbridge [Va], 1774, private under Capt. John Paxton; marched to Point Pleasant against the Shawnee Indians. “Whilst there witnessed the death of Cornstalk, the Shawnee Indian King, and his son, Ellenepsico, and two of his warriors, Red Hawk Shawnee and Petello Shawnee. Applicant can not recollect the length of time he served in this tour, he can only say he went early in the fall, having slept comfortably in open barns when he started, and returned a short time before Christmas. . .” [5]
Captain Matthew Arbuckle, was in command at the murder of Cornstalk. He was the son of James, Sr., by his first wife.
Pleasant Point, Virginia, is now West Virginia
Sources
- ↑ Sugden, John. "Cornstalk," in American National Biography,Oxford University Press, 1999. link
- ↑ Karen Bazzini Zach, Crawfordville, Athens of Indiana, (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2003) 18.
- ↑ Kevin Myers, comment on profile of Cornstalk, Feb 2021, citing Keenan, Dictionary of Virginia Biography, 2006, p ???
- ↑ "A Proclamation," in Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg). (Williamsburg, Virginia: The Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1950), 1, 03 April 1778, Primary quality. Transcribed by David Armstrong
- ↑ APPLICATIONS IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, OF AMHERST [VA] SOLDIERS FOR PENSIONS, pg. 1
See also:
- (Chief) Hokoleskwa Cornstalk (Colesqua) b. 1715 d. 10 November 1777. Rodovid EN. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- Pension Application of Jacob McNeil
- "Fighting Chief Cornstalk's Remains Laid to Rest Again" in The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV. 1954-09-21. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- Troy Taylor (2002). "The Cornstalk Curse!". Ghosts of the Prairie, Haunted West Virginia. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- "Welcome to Point Pleasant, West Virginia!". Mason County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- Downes, Randolph C. Council Fires on the Upper Ohio. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1940.
- Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Cornstalk" in the Dictionary of American Biography, vol II. New York: Scribner, 1928.
- Sugden, John. "Cornstalk" in American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Roosevelt, Theodore. The winning of the West, Volume 1 G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889
- Sweeny, Lenora Higginbotham, Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution Including Extracts from the "Lost Order Book" 1773-1782 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002), pg. 135.
- 2020-05-14 - Revolution - Lt Abraham Seay pg 135
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Source: Sweeny, Lenora Higginbotham, Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution Including Extracts from the "Lost Order Book" 1773-1782 [Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002] pg. 160-163, 165.</ref>
I created Shawnee-56 from the source included. I would like to retain this source because this source gives the names of the two warriors, Red Hawk and Petello, who were killed also. This is the only source I know of that gives the names of the other two warriors that were killed. Wikipedia does not name these other two warriors.
In the merge, please include the =Associated Profiles= that I have listed in Shawnee-57. I judge this source and this information to be historically important.
Request: In the merge, Please include the =Associated Profiles=. I judge this information to be historically important.
edited by Richard (Jordan) J
So then, we can detach children and spouse?