Big Horn Expedition

Big Horn Expedition
	Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876
Date	March 1–26, 1876
Location	Wyoming Territory, Montana Territory
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Cheyenne; Oglala Lakota Sioux	United States
Commanders and leaders
Old Bear; He Dog	George R. Crook; Joseph J. Reynolds
Strength
~250	883
Casualties and losses
4–6 killed, including women and children; 1–3 wounded	4 killed+1 DOW; 8 wounded; 67 injured

The Big Horn Expedition, or Bighorn Expedition, was a military operation of the United States Army against the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming Territory and Montana Territory. Although soldiers destroyed one Northern Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota village at the Battle of Powder River, the expedition solidified Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne resistance against the United States attempt to force them to sell the Black Hills and live on a reservation, beginning the Great Sioux War of 1876.

This event should not be confused with the Powder River Expedition (1865).

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