Chipco
Chipco | |
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| Echo Emathla (Deer Leader) | |
 A Seminole warrior aiming his rifle during the Second Seminole War. Chipco was one of these warriors. | |
| Born | c. 1805 Near Tallapoosa River, Alabama, United States |
| Died | October 16, 1881 (aged 75-76) Lake Pierce, Florida, United States |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Seminole |
Service years | 1835–1858 |
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Chipco, also known as Echo Emathla, (c. 1805-1881) was a 19th-century Muscogee chief and warrior. He was one of the most prominent leaders during the Seminole Wars, and by the end of the conflict he was the remaining leader of the Muscogee-speaking band of Seminoles in Florida. At a young age, Chipco and his family of Red Sticks fled as refugees to Spanish Florida because of the War of 1812, and the Creek War where they joined the Seminole tribe. As Chipco grew older he became a chief and eventually fought against the United States and its policy of Indian Removal. Chipco was one of the Seminole leaders at the Dade Battle, where Seminole warriors successfully ambushed a column of the U.S. Army and killed over 100 U.S. troops. This battle started the Second Seminole War, which Chipco would fight in through its entire duration. By the end of the Seminole Wars, Chipco and his band had successfully resisted the United States and were part of the group of Seminoles who remained in Florida, and they were the only Seminole band who continued living in Central Florida.