Battle of Slim Buttes

This battle was fought in the South Dakota lands of the Anishinabe Nation, in the present day South Dakota county of Harding. Historians insist that the Americans were going back to the Black Hills for supplies, but their plans were definitly much more sinister. On September 8, 1874 (this battle was probably a part of Custers 1874 Black Hills Expedition) 150 American soldiers under the command of Captain Anson Mills, located a small Anishinabe fortified village of around 400 Indians, and by early the next morning, they had surrounded the fortified Anishinabe village then commenced their assault. Several Indians were killed initially but most managed to escape to nearby Anishinabe villages, where close to 1,000 Anishinabe soldiers were raised up to aid the village being attacked.

By the time the 1,000 or so Anishinabe soldiers arrived to the besieged fortified village, the Americans had been reinforced and now numbered about 1,000. After the Americans realized that a large group of Anishinabe soldiers were now counterattacking, they ordered that a perimeter be set up to protect their machine guns and howitzers. Evidently a group of brave Anishinabe soldiers, attempted to break through one of the American perimeters to probably attempt to take the Americans machine guns out, but it failed. By September 10, the Americans ended their assault on the village then set off for the Black Hills where they were stationed at. Indian casualties in the battle were around 10 killed and an unknown number wounded and 23 captured. American casualties were around 16 with 3 killed.