• The Battle of the Tongue River, sometimes referred to as the Connor Battle, was an engagement of the Powder River Expedition that occurred on August 29...
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    The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. The Tongue rises...
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  • Tongue River may refer to: Tongue River (North Dakota), U.S. Tongue River (Montana), a tributary of the Yellowstone River, in the U.S. states of Wyoming...
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    The Battle of Prairie Dog Creek, also known as the Skirmish at Tongue River Heights, or the Battle of the Tongue River (1876), part of the Great Sioux...
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    The Battle of Wolf Mountain (also known as the Battle of the Wolf Mountains, Miles's Battle on the Tongue River, the Battle of the Butte, Where Big Crow...
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    Pawnee Scouts (category Military history of the United States)
    who only suffered four horses killed. The scouts served in the Battle of the Tongue River on August 29. In the fight, about 200 United States soldiers...
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  • Black Bear (chief) (category Wind River Indian Reservation)
    village was attacked during the Battle of the Tongue River. People died, lodges were set on fire, and food was ruined, all of which made it difficult for...
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  • of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the American...
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    Grenville M. Dodge (category Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa)
    Connor's men inflicted a decisive defeat on the Arapaho Indians at the Battle of the Tongue River, but the expedition in general was inconclusive and eventually...
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  • Sawyers Fight (category Battles involving the Arapaho)
    of the Tongue River. In 1865 Congress approved an expedition to build a road from the Niobrara River to Virginia City, Montana. Secretary of the Interior...
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    distinction in the Battle of the Tongue River during the Powder River Expedition (1865) against Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho and in the Battle of Summit Springs...
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  • Bear River Boysen Buffalo Bill Curt Gowdy Edness Wilkins Glendo Guernsey Hawk Springs Hot Springs Keyhole Seminoe Sinks Canyon This is a list of state...
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    Sioux Wars (category Battles involving the Sioux)
    1865, when Connor's column of about 400 men encountered about 500 Arapahos of Chief Black Bear in the Battle of the Tongue River. That morning Connor's men...
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    The Battle of the Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong...
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    the Battle of the Little Bighorn. One factor concerned Major Marcus Reno's recent 8-day reconnaissance-in-force of the Powder-Tongue-Rosebud Rivers,...
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  • 11th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Ohio)
    Powder River Expedition and saw action in the Battle of the Tongue River. The remaining seven companies mustered out July 14, 1866. They were the last volunteer...
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    Bozeman Trail (category Native American trails in the United States)
    including the Bear River Massacre. and the Powder River Expedition of 1865. He also fought the Arapaho at the Battle of the Tongue River. The trail itself...
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    Arapaho (category Great Sioux War of 1876)
    the Tongue River where Brigadier General Patrick Edward Connor ordered Frank North and his Pawnee Scouts to find a camp of Arapaho Indians under the leadership...
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    defeat the Indians in any decisive battles, although it destroyed an Arapaho village at the Battle of the Tongue River. The expedition was a failure in most...
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    Powder River Expedition to attempt to quell the violence. The expedition ended in the Battle of the Tongue River against the Arapaho. In the following...
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  • surprise attack in the Battle of the Tongue River Frank North – led a successful dawn surprise-like attack with his Pawnee Scouts on the Cheyenne which became...
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    commanding the scouts, Captain North fought at Crazy Woman's Fork, participated in the Powder River Massacre, and fought in the Battle of the Tongue River, all...
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    the Battle of the Tongue River soldiers attacked Northern Arapaho leader Black Bear's camp of 500 people and killed 35 warriors. Following this, the Arapaho...
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    Patrick Edward Connor (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
    Arapaho village at the Battle of the Tongue River. His Pawnee scouts also ambushed and killed a band of 24 Cheyenne warriors. Most of the time, however, Connor's...
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    Colorado War (category Battles involving the Arapaho)
    Expedition Battle of the Tongue River Raid on Godfrey Ranch Sawyers Fight Bertbrong, Donald J. (1963), The Southern Cheyenne, Norman: University of Oklahoma...
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    The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Cheyenne: Tsėhéstáno; formerly named the Tongue River) is the federally recognized...
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    Fort Reno (Wyoming) (category Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming)
    jumping-off point for the soldiers that fought at the Battle of the Tongue River on August 29, 1865 in present-day Sheridan County, Wyoming. The left, right, and...
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    Wyoming Artists of Wyoming Astronomical observatories in Wyoming commons:Category:Astronomical observatories in Wyoming Battle of the Tongue River Big Horn County...
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    in the Platte River valley. (See Battle of Julesburg) After the raids, several thousand Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho congregated in the Powder River country...
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    The Battle of the Rosebud (also known as the Battle of Rosebud Creek) took place on June 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States...
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