Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Little Wolf

Battles of Little Wolf

Northern Cheyenne chief (1820–1904)

Little Wolf is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1865 and 1878: 4 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,765 km apart end to end, 441 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Sioux War of 1876 (3), Sioux Wars (1).

Powder River ExpeditionBattle of Powder RiverBattle of Warbonnet CreekDull Knife FightBattle of Turkey SpringsPowder River ExpeditionBattle of Powder RiverBattle of Warbonnet CreekDull Knife FightBattle of Turkey SpringsDenverMinneapolisSalt Lake CityOmahaDes MoinesCheyennePierreKansas CityTulsaColorado Springs500 km41.171N, 103.269W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1865: 1 engagements1876: 3 engagements3 in 18761878: 1 engagements18651878
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Powder River Expedition, 1865Battle of Powder River, 1876Battle of Warbonnet Creek, 1876Dull Knife Fight, 1876Battle of Turkey Springs, 187818651878
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1865Powder River ExpeditionPowder River Country, Wyoming, United StatesStalemate
17 March 1876Battle of Powder RiverPowder River, Montana, United States105 km NNorthern Cheyenne/Oglala Lakota victory
17 July 1876Battle of Warbonnet CreekSioux County, Nebraska, United States310 km SEUnited States victory
25 November 1876Dull Knife FightWyoming Territory, Wyoming, United States316 km WUnited States victory
13 September 1878Battle of Turkey SpringsOklahoma, United States1,034 km SECheyenne victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Alexander Gardner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.