Battle of Little Muddy Creek

Battle of Little Muddy Creek
	Part of the Great Sioux War
Date	May 7–8, 1877
Location	Little Muddy Creek, Montana Territory; (near present-day Lame Deer, Montana);
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Miniconjou Lakota;
Commanders and leaders
Nelson A. Miles	Lame Deer †
Strength
± 480	± 200
Casualties and losses
4 killed; 10 wounded;	15 killed; 20 wounded; 40 captured;

The Battle of Little Muddy Creek, also known as the Lame Deer Fight, was fought on May 7–8, 1877, by United States soldiers and scouts against a village of Miniconjou Lakota. The battle occurred near Little Muddy Creek in Montana Territory, near present-day Lame Deer, Rosebud County.