Lame Deer
Other Names: Muddy Creek
Date of Battle: May 7, 1877
Location of Battle: Lame Deer, MT
GPS N: 45-36.798
W: 106-39.196
Participants: Colonel Nelson Miles along with companies of the 5th and 22nd Infantry and 2nd Cavalry attacked a 61 lodge camp of Sioux that were following Chief Lame Deer.
They reached the sleeping village of Sioux at 4:30 AM and they rode through. One of the scouts found Chief Lame Deer and Miles asked to talk with him. A scuffle erupted and Lame Deer was shot 17 times and then scalped by White Bull. The soldiers bore down on the village and it was over in a few minutes. 30 Indians and 4 soldiers were killed in the short battle.
For more information see:
Battles and Skirmishes of the great Sioux War
Centennial Campaign
Encyclopedia of Indian Wars
The Fighting Cheyennes
Indian Fights and Fighters
Indian Wars of the West
Personal Recollections of General Nelson A Miles
Traveler's Guide to the Great Sioux War
Yellowstone Command
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