American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.

Tongue River (Montana)
Lakota people
Cheyenne people
George Armstrong Custer
Lieutenant colonel (United States)
7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
Montana
Rail transport
American Indian Wars