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Cornstalk played a central role in Dunmore's War of 1774.

After the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, settlers and land speculators moved into the lands south of the Ohio River in present-day Kentucky.

Although the Iroquois had agreed to cede the land, the Shawnee and others had not been present at the Fort Stanwix negotiations.

They still claimed Kentucky as their hunting grounds.

Clashes soon took place over this.

Cornstalk tried unsuccessfully prevent escalation of the hostilities.