Battle of the Tongue River

Battle of the Tongue River
Part of the Indian Wars
Portrait of Jim Bridger
Date August 29, 1865 Location northern Dakota Territory, present-day Sheridan County, Wyoming Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States	Arapaho Indians
Commanders and leaders
Patrick E. Connor Jim Bridger Frank North	Medicine Man
Strength
200 soldiers, 70 Indian scouts two artillery pieces	500, including women and children
Casualties and losses
2 killed 6 wounded	~ 35-63 killed, including women and children 18 women and children captured

Connor Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	City park on the Tongue River, Ranchester, Wyoming
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1865 (1865)
NRHP reference No.	71000891[1]
Added to NRHP	August 12, 1971

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, 1865. In the battle, U.S. soldiers and Indian scouts attacked and destroyed an Arapaho village.