Battle of Canyon Creek

Battle of Canyon Creek
Part of the Nez Perce War
Chief Joseph and his band in the spring of 1877.
Date September 13, 1877 Location Canyon Creek, Yellowstone County, Montana Territory, United States 45°46′09″N 108°48′49″W / 45.76917°N 108.81361°W / 45.76917; -108.81361 (Calamity Jane Horse Cache Butte)[1] Result Nez Perce victory
Belligerents
United States Crow Indians	Nez Perce
Commanders and leaders
Samuel D. Sturgis Lewis Merrill Frederick Benteen	Chief Joseph Looking Glass
Strength
425 soldiers about 100 White and Indian scouts	<200
Casualties and losses
4 killed 11 wounded	3 killed 3 wounded
class=notpageimage| Location in the United States Show map of the United States class=notpageimage| Location in Montana Territory Show map of Montana

The Battle of Canyon Creek was a military engagement in Montana Territory between the Nez Perce Indians and the United States Army's 7th Cavalry. The battle was part of the larger Indian Wars of the latter 19th century and the immediate Nez Perce War. It took place on September 13, 1877, west of present-day Billings in Yellowstone County, in the canyons and benches around Canyon Creek.^[2]