Arikara War

Arikara War
	Part of the American Indian Wars
	; An Arikara warrior, by artist Karl Bodmer
Date	June 2 – August 11, 1823
Location	South Dakota
Result	Indecisive
Belligerents
United States; Sioux	Arikara
Commanders and leaders
William Ashley; Henry Leavenworth; Joshua Pilcher	Grey Eyes; Little Soldier
Units involved
Rocky Mountain Fur Company "Ashley's Hundred": 70; Missouri Legion 6th Infantry: 230; Sioux warriors: 750; Fur trappers: 50;	Arikara At least 600 warriors;
Casualties and losses
12 members of Ashley's company killed ; Seven people from the Army drowned in Missouri River.	Likely more than 10 warriors and villagers, among them Grey Eyes.

The Arikara War was a military conflict between the United States and Arikara in 1823 fought in the Great Plains along the Upper Missouri River in the Unorganized Territory (presently within South Dakota). For the United States, the war was the first in which the United States Army was deployed for operations west of the Missouri River on the Great Plains. The war, the first and only conflict between the Arikara and the U.S., came as a response to an Arikara attack on U.S. citizens engaged in the fur trade. The Arikara War was called "the worst disaster in the history of the Western fur trade".

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