Battle of Little Dry Creek

Battle of Little Dry Creek
Part of the Apache Wars
"A Dash for the Timber" by Frederic Remington depicting American cavalry fighting Apaches.
Date December 19, 1885 Location near Pleasanton, Little Dry Creek, New Mexico Result Successful Apache ambush
Belligerents
United States	Apache
Commanders and leaders
Samuel W. Fountain	Josanie
Strength
20 cavalry 10 native scouts	10 warriors
Casualties and losses
5 killed 2 wounded	none

The Battle of Little Dry Creek was a skirmish during Geronimo's War. Chiricahua Apache warriors were raiding in the Arizona and New Mexico border area when they ambushed a larger force of United States Army troops and Navajo Scouts near Pleasanton.^[1]