Battle of Beecher Island

Battle of Beecher Island
	Part of the Comanche War, American Indian Wars
	; A map of the Republican River and its tributaries, with the location of Beecher Island highlighted in red.
Date	17–19 September 1868
Location	Yuma County, Colorado39°52′18″N 102°11′08″W
Result	United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Arapaho; Cheyenne; Sioux
Commanders and leaders
George A. Forsyth	Roman Nose†
Strength
50 cavalry	200-1,000 warriors
Casualties and losses
6 killed; 15 wounded	9–32 killed
	Beecher Island Battlefield Location within Colorado

The Battle of Beecher Island, also known as the Battle of Arikaree Fork, was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains Native American tribes in September 1868. Beecher Island, on the Arikaree River, then known as part of the North Fork of the Republican River, near present-day Wray, Colorado, was named afterwards for Lieutenant Fredrick H. Beecher, an army officer killed during the battle.

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