Battle of Canyon Creek

Battle of Canyon Creek
	Part of the Nez Perce War
	; Chief Joseph and his band in the spring of 1877.
Date	September 13, 1877
Location	Canyon Creek, Yellowstone County,; Montana Territory, United States45°46′09″N 108°48′49″W
Result	Nez Perce victory
Belligerents
United States; Crow Indians	Nez Perce
Commanders and leaders
Samuel D. Sturgis; Lewis Merrill; Frederick Benteen	Chief Joseph; Looking Glass
Strength
425 soldiers; about 100 White and Indian scouts	<200
Casualties and losses
4 killed; 11 wounded	3 killed ; 3 wounded
	Location in the United States Location in Montana Territory

The Battle of Canyon Creek was a military engagement in Montana Territory between the Nez Perce Indians and the United States Army's 7th Cavalry. The battle was part of the larger Indian Wars of the latter 19th century and the immediate Nez Perce War. It took place on September 13, 1877, west of present-day Billings in Yellowstone County, in the canyons and benches around Canyon Creek.

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