Battle of Yellow House Canyon

Battle of Yellow House Canyon
Part of the Buffalo Hunters' War, Apache Wars
Comanche warriors circa 1870
Date March 18, 1877 Location near Lubbock, Texas 33°37′43.305″N 101°53′9.60″W / 33.62869583°N 101.8860000°W / 33.62869583; -101.8860000 (Yellow House Canyon Battlefield) Result Comanche/Apache victory; American militia retreat
Belligerents
United States	Comanche Apache
Commanders and leaders
Jim Smith	Black Horse
Strength
46 militia	~300 warriors[1]
Casualties and losses
12 killed 8 wounded[1]	21 killed 22 wounded[1]
Yellow House Canyon battlefield class=notpageimage| Location within Texas

The Battle of Yellow House Canyon was a battle between a force of Comanches and Apaches against a group of American bison hunters that occurred on March 18, 1877, near the site of the present-day city of Lubbock, Texas. It was the final battle of the Buffalo Hunters' War, and was the last major fight involving the United States and Native Americans on the High Plains of Texas.^[2][1]