Mizpah Creek incidents

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Mizpah Creek incidents
Part of the Northern Cheyenne Exodus
Date April 5 – June 8, 1879 (1879-04-05 – 1879-06-08) Location Montana Territory Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Northern Cheyenne
Commanders and leaders
Thaddeus B. Glover Thomas J. Gregg Leo Baader †	Buffalo Calf Road Woman Hole in the Breast Black Coyote Whetstone
Strength
± 20 soldiers	3 warriors
Casualties and losses
1 killed 1 wounded 2 horses captured	1 killed 3 suicides 8 captured

The Mizpah Creek incidents, were a series of incidents that occurred from April 5 – June 8, 1879, between United States soldiers and civilians, and eight Northern Cheyennes, that resulted in the death of one U.S. soldier, and the capture of the eight Cheyenne, three of whom committed suicide in prison at Miles City, Montana Territory. The incidents occurred near Mizpah Creek, a tributary of the Powder River, in Montana Territory.^[1]