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.
1762 portrait of Standing Turkey by Francis Parsons
Archibald Montgomerie portrait by Joshua Reynolds.
Portrait of Ostenaco by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1762.
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton was a Scottish General and member of parliament (MP) in the British Parliament. He was also the Clan Chief of the Clan Montgomery. Montgomerie fought in the Seven Years' War, where he served with George Washington. He also was the patron of the poet Robert Burns.
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton
Archibald Montgomerie, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Montgomerie's first wife Lady Jean (Jane) Lindsay.
Caricature by John Kay