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The
Powder River Expedition may refer to either of two 19th Century military expeditions by the
U.S. Army against the
Indians of the
Wyoming Territory and the
Montana Territory.
1865
In 1865,
Major General Grenville M. Dodge ordered the first
Powder River Expedition as a punitive campaign against the
Sioux,
Cheyenne and
Arapaho for raiding along the
Bozeman Trail. It was led by
Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor, and is sometimes referred to as the
Connor Expedition. One of the guides for Connor's forces was the legendary frontiersman
Jim Bridger. The expedition encountered only minor skirmishing until it reached the camp of Arapaho
Chief Black Bear along the
Tongue River. The
Battle of the Tongue River was the only major engagement of the expedition and was a victory for the army. The battle ended Arapaho attacks on the overland trails for a while, but overall, the campaign did little against the Sioux. The fighting in the
Powder River Country eventually grew into
Red Cloud's War.
1876
In 1876,
Brigadier General George Crook led an expedition along the Powder River in concert with the movements of
Alfred Terry in
Montana and
George Custer. Collectively, these movements were known as the North Plains Campaign during the
Black Hills War, in which the Powder River Expedition was a small part. The U.S. Army suffered a setback after the
Battle of the Powder River when blizzard conditions forced a retirement, but Crook mounted a second larger expedition and fought the
Battle of the Rosebud, where he was stopped in southern Montana. Crook's civilian contract surgeon Dr.
Valentine McGillycuddy arrived at Little Bighorn battlefield shortly after Custer's defeat, but his main force returned to its supply base on Big Goose Creek, enabling the Lakota and Cheyenne to defeat the U.S. forces in detail.
After the
Battle of the Little Bighorn, Crook led a failed expedition in pursuit of
Crazy Horse that was known as the
Horsemeat March, and which ended in Deadwood, SD. Crook then ordered Colonel
Ranald S. Mackenzie's
4th Cavalry into Wyoming. Mackenzie initiated the
Dull Knife Fight, bringing about the end of Cheyenne resistance in the North Plains, which helped lead to the eventual surrender of
Sitting Bull.
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