Post by deadwoodgultch on Feb 21, 2016 22:20:38 GMT
The Battle of Little Muddy Creek, more commonly called the Lame Deer Fight, was fought on May 7, 1877 by the Army and Scouts, against Miniconjou Lakota and Northern Cheyenne. The Battle occurred on Little Muddy Creek in Montana near present-day Lame Deer, Montana. Wooden leg pretty much tells this story.
On May 1, 1877, Colonel Nelson A. Miles led the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, the 22nd U.S. Infantry, and the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, in search of Miniconjou Lakota under Lame Deer. On the Tongue River, Indian scouts found a trail heading west to Rosebud Creek, and Colonel Miles followed with his command.
Spotting a camp on Little Muddy Creek, Colonel Miles moved in with Cavalry under Captain Edward Ball and mounted Infantry under Lieutenant Edward W. Casey. They reached Lame Deer's sleeping village before dawn. Company H of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry under Lieutenants Edward W. Casey and Lovell H. Jerome began the fight with a mounted charge into the village.One of the army's Indian scouts named Hump told Miles that the Lakota and Cheyenne wanted to negotiate with him.
Lame Deer approached Miles accompanied by his nephew Iron Star and two others. Miles told Lame Deer to lay down his rifle, which he did, but cocked and facing forward. When Miles's scout White Bull tried to take Iron Star's rifle away from him, he shot, and the bullet went through White Bull's coat, Lame Deer grabbed the weapon on the ground and fired it at Miles, the bullet just missing him and killing his orderly, Private Charles Shrenger, and chaos ensued. Several soldiers and Lakota were hit in the gunfire. Lame Deer was shot down by a volley of bullets fired by men of Company L, 2nd Cavalry. Companies F, G, and L of the 2nd Cavalry then attacked the small and defenseless Lakota village, destroying it and capturing about 450 horses. The U.S. army had four men killed and ten wounded, while the Lakota suffered from 14 killed, and about 20 wounded, and 40 captured.
On May 1, 1877, Colonel Nelson A. Miles led the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, the 22nd U.S. Infantry, and the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, in search of Miniconjou Lakota under Lame Deer. On the Tongue River, Indian scouts found a trail heading west to Rosebud Creek, and Colonel Miles followed with his command.
Spotting a camp on Little Muddy Creek, Colonel Miles moved in with Cavalry under Captain Edward Ball and mounted Infantry under Lieutenant Edward W. Casey. They reached Lame Deer's sleeping village before dawn. Company H of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry under Lieutenants Edward W. Casey and Lovell H. Jerome began the fight with a mounted charge into the village.One of the army's Indian scouts named Hump told Miles that the Lakota and Cheyenne wanted to negotiate with him.
Lame Deer approached Miles accompanied by his nephew Iron Star and two others. Miles told Lame Deer to lay down his rifle, which he did, but cocked and facing forward. When Miles's scout White Bull tried to take Iron Star's rifle away from him, he shot, and the bullet went through White Bull's coat, Lame Deer grabbed the weapon on the ground and fired it at Miles, the bullet just missing him and killing his orderly, Private Charles Shrenger, and chaos ensued. Several soldiers and Lakota were hit in the gunfire. Lame Deer was shot down by a volley of bullets fired by men of Company L, 2nd Cavalry. Companies F, G, and L of the 2nd Cavalry then attacked the small and defenseless Lakota village, destroying it and capturing about 450 horses. The U.S. army had four men killed and ten wounded, while the Lakota suffered from 14 killed, and about 20 wounded, and 40 captured.
