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August 13-15, 1865 Battle of Bone Pile Creek

A white man filled with evil intentions on organizing a group of whites to find a shorter route to Montana, raised up 53 whites to commence to building a road to Montana. Though that white man was a civilian, his crew of 53 men were guarded by 143 American Soldiers led by Captain George Williford. These white invaders also included 41 freight and wagon trains carrying illegal immigrants and supplies. Battle of Bone Pile Creek was a part of Mullan Road War. A list of Mullan Road War battles is above. After reaching near what is now Gillette, Wyoming on August 13, 1865, those white invaders knew that a proposed new route to Montana would be one too difficult to build and that they were in midst of Anishinabe Territory. On that same day, a young 19 year old white man was killed by Ojibway Soldiers for tresspassing. Soon after, them white invaders made a decision to move their camp down Bone Pile Creek. They formed their wagons into a corral for protection because they knew they were in trouble. On Monday August 14, 1865, a large force of brave Anishinabe Soldiers attacked their fortified camp but were driven off. Although they had been driven off, Ojibway Soldiers returned next day in force. They were over 500 in number and once they reached location of their white enemy's camp, they launched another assault on them. Battle of Bone Pile Station lasted a good long while but whites had superior weapons and were capable of preventing Anishinabe Soldiers from overwhelming them. White casualties were 3 killed. Anishinabe casualties were 2 killed and 3 wounded. Ojibway military commanders, were desperately trying to prevent American Soldiers from reaching southeast Montana. American Soldiers had already reached north central Montana by using Missouri River to sail supplies by steamboat to white settlements in southwest Montana. White teamsters in both locations, brought supplies overland by use of wagon trains.