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September 23, 1877 Battle of Cow Island Landing

Knowing that large numbers of American Soldiers were invading between Fort Shaw and Poplar, Montana, led Ojibway military commanders to send out scores of their brave soldiers to harass them in order to allow 10,000's of Anishinabek and other Indians, to have enough time to assemble for an exodus up to Canada. Battle of Cow Island Landing was a part of Mullan Road War. A list of Mullan Road War battles is above. On Sunday September 23, 1877 Ojibway Soldiers launched an attack on Cow Island Landing which was used by white invaders as a landing location for steamboats and, in this case, white soldiers. Their goals were to capture weapons and supplies of food. Ojibway Soldiers first crossed Missouri River then trekked some two miles up Cow Creek and made camp. After making camp, a few Ojibway Soldiers went back to Cow Island Landing and asked of American Soldiers at Cow Island Landing, for food or for a truce. They were ignored which likely enraged them because of what whites had done to their livestock (buffalo). They were finally given some food yet it wasn't enough. Not long after they returned to their camp, a meeting was held and they decided to attack Cow Island Landing to capture supplies of food. It went well first then those remaining food supplies were set on fire. They continued burning through until next day. Few casualties happened during Battle of Cow Island Landing. From descriptions of that battle, it appears Ojibways had come up from a southern location which is located in Blackfeet Reservation. Either on their own or they were forced to retreat north.