Battle of Turkey Springs

Battle of Turkey Springs

Little Wolf
Date13–14 September 1878
Location
Near Freedom, Oklahoma, United States
36°54′N 99°00′W / 36.9°N 99.0°W / 36.9; -99.0
Result Cheyenne victory
Belligerents
U.S. Army Cheyenne Indians
Strength
86 soldiers; two Arapaho scouts 92 warriors
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 3 wounded 5 wounded
Location within Oklahoma

The Battle of Turkey Springs (13–14 September 1878) was the last battle between Native Americans (Indians) and the United States Army in the state of Oklahoma. In the Northern Cheyenne Exodus, 353 Cheyenne Indians, fleeing their reservation in Oklahoma in an attempt to return to their homeland in the northern Great Plains, fought a unit of the United States Army, killing three soldiers. After the battle the Cheyenne continued northward skirmishing with the army along the way. Some were successful in reaching their relatives in Montana. Others were captured or killed near Camp Robinson, Nebraska.

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