Battle of Warbonnet Creek

Battle of Warbonnet Creek
	Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876
	; Illustration of the "first scalp for Custer" for Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1884
Date	July 17, 1876
Location	Sioux County, Nebraska
Result	United States victory
Belligerents
Cheyenne	United States
Commanders and leaders
Little Wolf	Wesley Merritt
Strength
~200-300	~350
Casualties and losses
1 killed; Unknown wounded	None

The Battle of Warbonnet Creek was a skirmish characterized by a duel between "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a young Cheyenne warrior named Heova'ehe or Yellow Hair (often incorrectly translated as "Yellow Hand").^[1] The engagement is often referred to as the First Scalp for Custer. It occurred July 17, 1876, in Sioux County in northwestern Nebraska.

^ Apparently^{[weasel words]} not the same Yellow Hair as the brother of Wooden Leg, who was killed while on a hunting trip the following year. - Marquis, Thomas B. (translator); Wooden Leg (2003). Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer. University of Nebraska Press. pp. chap. 13. ISBN 978-0-8032-8288-9. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)

[1] Apparently^{[weasel words]} not the same Yellow Hair as the brother of Wooden Leg, who was killed while on a hunting trip the following year. - Marquis, Thomas B. (translator); Wooden Leg (2003). Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer. University of Nebraska Press. pp. chap. 13. ISBN 978-0-8032-8288-9. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)

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