Battle of the Tongue River | |||||||
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Part of the Indian Wars | |||||||
![]() Portrait of Jim Bridger | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() | Arapaho Indians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Patrick E. Connor Jim Bridger Frank North | Medicine Man | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200 soldiers, 70 Indian scouts two artillery pieces | 500, including women and children | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed 6 wounded |
~ 35-63 killed, including women and children 18 women and children captured |
Connor Battlefield | |
Location | City park on the Tongue River, Ranchester, Wyoming |
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Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1865 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000891[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 12, 1971 |
The Battle of the Tongue River, sometimes referred to as the Connor Battle, was an engagement of the Powder River Expedition that occurred on August 29, 1865. In the battle, U.S. soldiers and Indian scouts attacked and destroyed an Arapaho village.