Kidder fight

Kidder Fight
Part of Hancock's War, American Indian Wars
Discovering the remains of Lieutenant Kidder and ten of his men, Harper's Weekly 1867
Date 29 June 1867 Location present-day Sherman County, Kansas, near Goodland Result Cheyenne-Lakota victory
Belligerents
United States	Cheyenne Sioux
Commanders and leaders
Lyman S. Kidder  †	Tobacco, Pawnee Killer
Strength
12 cavalry	>14 warriors
Casualties and losses
12 killed	2 killed

The Kidder Fight (or Kidder Massacre), of July 2, 1867 refers to a skirmish near what is now Goodland, Kansas involving a detachment of ten enlisted men and an Indian scout of the United States 2nd Cavalry under the command of Second Lieutenant Lyman S. Kidder who were attacked and wiped out by a mixed Lakota and Cheyenne force. Two Lakota, including chief Yellow Horse were also killed.^[1] The fight occurred during the period of the Indian Wars on the western plains and was an incident in the campaign known as Hancock's War.