Tongue River Indian massacre |
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Date | 1820 |
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Location | Tongue River in either Wyoming or Montana |
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Result |
Cheyenne and Lakota victory |
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Belligerents |
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Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota |
Crow Nation |
Commanders and leaders |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
Strength |
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The whole Cheyenne tribe, a camp of Lakotas |
100 tipis in camp |
Casualties and losses |
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Most likely very few, if any |
All the men killed. An unknown number of women and/or children already taken captive killed |
The Tongue River massacre was an attack by Cheyenne and Lakota on a camp of Crow people in 1820. According to some accounts, it was one of the most significant losses of the Crow tribe.[1]: p. 190
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