Battle of Echoee

Battle of Echoee
Part of the Anglo-Cherokee War and the French and Indian War

Map of Cherokee Country
by Henry Timberlake
DateJune 27, 1760
Location
Near present-day Otto, North Carolina
Result Cherokee victory
Belligerents
Cherokee  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Seroweh Archibald Montgomerie
Strength
500[1] 1,300–1,500
Casualties and losses
40 killed[2] 20 killed
76 wounded[2]

The Battle of Echoee, or Etchoe Pass, was a battle on June 27, 1760 during the French and Indian War, between the British and colonial force under Archibald Montgomerie and a force of Cherokee warriors under Seroweh. It took place near the present-day municipality of Otto, in Macon County, North Carolina.[3]

  1. ^ South Carolina Gazette, 5–12 July 1760.
  2. ^ a b Drake, p. 377.
  3. ^ Anderson, William, "Etchoe, Battle of", Encyclopedia of North Carolina, William S. Powell, ed., (UNC Press 2006).