Battle of the Tongue River

	Connor Battlefield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	City park on the Tongue River, Ranchester, Wyoming
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1865
NRHP reference No.	71000891
Added to NRHP	August 12, 1971

Battle of the Tongue River
	Part of the Indian Wars
Date	August 29, 1865
Location	northern Dakota Territory, present-day Sheridan County, Wyoming
Result	U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States	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

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.

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