Battle of Yellow House Canyon

Battle of Yellow House Canyon
	Part of the Buffalo Hunters' War, Apache Wars
	; Comanche warriors circa 1870
Date	March 18, 1877
Location	near Lubbock, Texas33°37′43.305″N 101°53′9.60″W
Result	Comanche/Apache victory; American militia retreat
Belligerents
United States	Comanche; Apache
Commanders and leaders
Jim Smith	Black Horse (Comanche)
Strength
46 militia	~300 warriors
Casualties and losses
12 killed; 8 wounded	21 killed; 22 wounded
	Yellow House Canyon battlefield Location within Texas

The Battle of Yellow House Canyon was a battle between a force of Comanches and Apaches against a group of American bison hunters that occurred on March 18, 1877, near the site of the present-day city of Lubbock, Texas. It was the final battle of the Buffalo Hunters' War, and was the last major fight involving the United States and Native Americans on the High Plains of Texas.

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