Battle of Little Muddy Creek

Battle of Little Muddy Creek
Part of the Great Sioux War
DateMay 7–8, 1877 (1877-05-07 – 1877-05-08)
Location
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States
Commanders and leaders
Nelson A. Miles Lame Deer 
Strength
± 480 ± 200
Casualties and losses
  • 4 killed
  • 10 wounded
  • 15 killed
  • 20 wounded
  • 40 captured

The Battle of Little Muddy Creek, also known as the Lame Deer Fight, was fought on May 7–8, 1877, by United States soldiers and scouts against a village of Miniconjou Lakota. The battle occurred near Little Muddy Creek in Montana Territory, near present-day Lame Deer, Rosebud County.