- Date
- October 21, 1876
- Location
- Cedar Creek, Montana Territory
- Result
- United States tactical victory
- Part of
- Great Sioux War of 1876
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
About the battle
The Battle of Cedar Creek (also called Big Dry Creek or Big Dry River) occurred on October 21, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Sioux Native Americans during the Great Sioux War of 1876. The battle broke out after talks between Colonel Nelson A. Miles and Chief Sitting Bull broke down, and ended with the surrender of 400 Lakota lodges (with approximately 2,000 men, women, and children) to Miles six days later.
From the Wikipedia article “Battle of Cedar Creek (1876)”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.