The 1855-1881 Mullan Road War

Below are links to battles of this war. This war was actually a part of Snake River War and Red Clouds War (1860's) and Black Hills War and Nez Perce War (1870's) and Sheep Eaters War. Historically, whites claim they built Mullan Road. However, it was originally an Ojibway road built by Ojibway's in order for their people living in eastern Canada, to travel from that region, to those plains near where Great Falls, Montana is and on towards Oregon-Washington, where Columbia River is situated. They were motivated by Seven Fires Prophesy. Whites knew Great Falls of Missouri River were an obstacle to steam boat travel and conspired in early 1850's to make use of the road. In 1859, Lieutenant John Mullan was ordered to commence expanding the road which really started back in Minnesota. He started near Fort Walla Walla, Washington and ended his assignment in August of 1860, where Fort Benton, Montana is located. This Ojibway road led from Great Lakes to Columbia River then to Pacific Ocean. White historians are fooling you about Bozeman Trail! Whites used Mullan Road to send supplies to white settlements in southwest Montana. Ojibway leaders gave their permission to travel between Fort Benton and Helena, as long as their laws were obeyed. It didn't take long for white trouble makers to instigate hostilities! Teamsters numbering up to 100 or over 100, led large supply trains from Fort Benton to Helena. They killed buffalo in increasing numbers and that led to violence. In late 1865, around 1,000 or more whites from the Helena region, invaded the Great Falls, Montana region and that dramatically intensified the violence. Fort Shaw was built in 1866. It was originally named Camp Reynolds. Another American military camp was built east of Great Falls near the mouth of Judith River, in July 1866. It was named Camp Cooke.

Ojibway leaders were enraged! Fort Benton had been around for quite some time yet was originally a trade post. As the violence increased, American leaders had another fort built south of Great Falls in November 1869. It was named Fort Logan. From Fort Logan, American Soldiers were sent about 30 miles northwest to near Encampment Creek. Using their telescopes, they could see the Ojibway villages in the Great Falls region. Early on in this war, American Soldiers attacked Ojibway People in Washington, Minnesota and North Dakota. As the war intensified, American leaders sent more of their soldiers to American forts near Great Falls. Their campaign to bring the Great Falls region under American control took 2 years. Chief Big Bear along with chief Rocky Boy and chief Sitting Bull, led 10,000's of Ojibway's living in north central Montana, up to the Cypress Hills in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Chief Sitting Bull was first to return to Montana. However, he was forced to relocate to Cheyenne River-Standing Rock Reservation. In 1885, chief Rocky Boy and possibly chief Big Bear (it needs further investigating) returned to their native Montana.

Battle of Toppenish Creek

Battle of Union Gap

Cascades Massacre

Battle of Pine Creek

Battle of Four Lakes

Battle of Spokane Plains

Steamboat Chippewa Fiasco

Battle of Lower Sioux Agency

Battle of Redwood Ferry

Battle of New Ulm

Battle of Fort Ridgely

Battle of Birch Coulee

Siege of Fort Abercrombie

Surrender at Camp Release

Battle of Big Mound

Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake

Battle of Stoney Lake

Battle of White Stone Hill

Battle of Killdeer Mountain

Fisk's Expedition

Battle of Red Buttes

Battle of Deer Creek Station

Battle of Dry Creek

Custard Wagon Train Fight

Platte Bridge Battle

Battle at Platte Bridge Station

Battle of Bone Pile Creek

Battle of Fort Rice

Battle of the Tongue River

1865 Powder River Expedition

Sun River Stampede

Battle of Crazy Woman Creek

Battle of Peno Creek

Fetterman Massacre

Fort Buford Massacre

Haystack Battle

Battle of Fort Kearny

Battle Near Fort Ellis

Battle of Popo Aguie

Marias River Massacre

Battle of Miners Delight

Pryor's Fork Battle

Second Battle of Tongue River

Battle of Bighorn

Battle of Powder River

Battle of the Rosebud

Custers Last Stand

Battle of Snake Mountain

Battle of Slim Buttes

Battle of Cedar Creek

Battle of Bates Creek

Battle of Ash Creek

Battle of Wolf Mountain

Battle of Little Muddy Creek

Battle of White Bird Canyon

Battle of the Cottonwoods

Battle of the Clearwater

Battle of Weippe Prairie

Battle of Big Hole

Battle of Horse Prairie

Battle of Birch Creek, Idaho

Battle of Camas Creek

Battle of Canyon Creek

Battle of Cow Island

Battle of Cow Creek

Battle of Bear Paw

Battle of South Mountain

Battle of Silver River

Battle of Birch Creek

Battle of Clearwater River

Battle of Clark's Fork

Battle of Heart Mountain

Massacre Near Yellowstone Lake

Battle of Jackson Hole

Battle of Careless Creek

Battle of Milk River

Battle of Pumpkin Creek

Battle of Poplar River