Big Horn Expedition

Big Horn Expedition
Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876
Date March 1–26, 1876 Location Wyoming Territory, Montana Territory Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Cheyenne Oglala Lakota Sioux	United States
Commanders and leaders
Old Bear He Dog	George R. Crook Joseph J. Reynolds
Strength
~250	883
Casualties and losses
4–6 killed, including women and children 1–3 wounded	4 killed+1 DOW 8 wounded 67 injured[1]

This event should not be confused with the Powder River Expedition (1865).

The Big Horn Expedition, or Bighorn Expedition, was a military operation of the United States Army against the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming Territory and Montana Territory. Although soldiers destroyed one Northern Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota village at the Battle of Powder River, the expedition solidified Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne resistance against the United States attempt to force them to sell the Black Hills and live on a reservation, beginning the Great Sioux War of 1876.^[2]