Owens Valley Indian War

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Owens Valley Indian War
Part of the American Indian Wars and American Civil War
Sierra Nevada mountains viewed from Owens Valley (1939)
Date 1862–1867 Location Owens Valley, California Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Mono Shoshone Kawaiisu Tübatulabal
Commanders and leaders
William Mayfield † George S. Evans Herman Noble Moses A. McLaughlin	Captain George Joaquin Jim Shondow † Tinemba
Strength
2-3 Companies of 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry 60 Mayfield's militia	+500 Mono people
Casualties and losses
60	200

The Owens Valley War was fought between 1862 and 1863 by the United States Army and American settlers against the Mono people and their Shoshone and Kawaiisu allies in the Owens Valley of California and the southwestern Nevada border region.^[1] The removal of a large number of the Owens River indigenous Californians to Fort Tejon in 1863 was considered the end of the war. Minor hostilities continued intermittently until 1867.