Battle of the Big Hole

Battle of the Big Hole
	Part of the Nez Perce War
	; Big Hole battlefield
Date	9–10 August 1877
Location	Beaverhead County, Montana Territory45°38′51″N 113°39′03″W / 45.64750°N 113.65083°W
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States	Nez Perce
Commanders and leaders
John Gibbon (Colonel)	Chief Joseph; Looking Glass
Strength
206	200 warriors
Casualties and losses
31 killed; 38 wounded	70–90 killed of whom perhaps thirty were warriors.
	class=notpageimage\| Location in the United States class=notpageimage\| Location in Montana Territory

The Battle of the Big Hole was fought in Montana Territory, August 9–10, 1877, between the United States Army and the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans during the Nez Perce War. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Nez Perce withdrew in good order from the battlefield and continued their long fighting retreat that would result in their attempt to reach Canada and asylum.

Located in Beaverhead County, the battle site is between the continental divide at Chief Joseph Pass and the town of Wisdom.

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Hole National Battlefield
^ Annual Report of the Secretary of War on the Operations of the Department for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1877 (Report). Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1877. p. 72.

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Hole National Battlefield

[2] Annual Report of the Secretary of War on the Operations of the Department for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1877 (Report). Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1877. p. 72.

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