Battle of Little Dry Creek | |||||||
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Part of the Apache Wars | |||||||
"A Dash for the Timber" by Frederic Remington depicting American cavalry fighting Apaches. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Apache | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Samuel W. Fountain | Josanie | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20 cavalry 10 native scouts | 10 warriors | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
5 killed 2 wounded | None |
The Battle of Little Dry Creek was a skirmish during Geronimo's War. Chiricahua Apache warriors were raiding in the Arizona and New Mexico border area when they ambushed a larger force of United States Army troops and Navajo Scouts near Pleasanton.[1]