This battle took place just west of present day
Billings, Montana, near Laurel, Montana, and involved some 350 American soldiers, and an unknown number of their
Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Dakota and other Indian allies, against anywhere from 250 Iron Confederation warriors to more
than 500. To the west, the Americans had destroyed four large Iron Confederation settlements in northern Idaho, western
Montana, and northeast Idaho, which took the Anishinabek, Assiniboine, Cree and Delaware of those locations, out of the
war. With the western most part of the Pembina Empire crushed, the Americans and their Indian allies, now concentrated
on the few remaining locations in Montana, where the Iron Confederation continued the defense of their remaining kingdom.
One location was near Laurel, Montana, which the 350 American soldiers and their Indian allies, reached on September 13, 1877 to not visit, but to destroy the large Indian settlement located in that region. However, before the Americans could actually initiate the attack they were spotted by guards who notified the settlements inhabitants of the approaching American military force, which included the Indian allies of the evil white race. Since the location of the Indian settlement was situated in a region which offered some degree of natural protection, that is where the Iron Confederations warriors took their women and children, who would have been killed by the Americans and their Indian allies, if they didn’t use every means available to protect their women and children from their enemies. The Americans and their Indian allies, were not at all pleased to learn that the Iron Confederation escaped just before they arrived. And then the Americans ordered many of their soldiers to head to the north of the settlement to attempt to stop the group of Iron Confederation men, women and children from reaching an heavily wooded canyon, which would offer them protection, and the opportunity to reach the nearby plains to escape.
Those American plans did not work out as planned, and once the Iron Confederations warriors had successfully reached the heavily wooded canyon, a long five hour battle followed. It was an Iron Confederation victory, but that group of defiant Anishinabek, Assiniboine, Cree and Delaware later surrendered to the Americans, which brought all of southern Montana and most of eastern Montana, under American control. Now all the evil Americans had to do, was send more of their soldiers up to where the present day Chippewa and Cree Rocky Boy Reservation is located. At that time, the Americans had many of their soldiers stationed at Fort Benton, which was located on the Anishinabek Pembina Empire’s border with the Blackfoot Kingdoms territory. The Blackfoot allowed the Americans to construct a fort there and station their soldiers there as well, in 1847, as they also did at Fort Shaw, which is located on the Sun river. However, the Niitsitapi (the Blackfoot) would later regret doing so. Although the battle was long and intense, the protection the region where the battle of Canyon Creek was located, offered, prevented heavy casualties from occurring. American casualties were 14 with 3 killed. Indian casualties were 4 with 1 killed.
One location was near Laurel, Montana, which the 350 American soldiers and their Indian allies, reached on September 13, 1877 to not visit, but to destroy the large Indian settlement located in that region. However, before the Americans could actually initiate the attack they were spotted by guards who notified the settlements inhabitants of the approaching American military force, which included the Indian allies of the evil white race. Since the location of the Indian settlement was situated in a region which offered some degree of natural protection, that is where the Iron Confederations warriors took their women and children, who would have been killed by the Americans and their Indian allies, if they didn’t use every means available to protect their women and children from their enemies. The Americans and their Indian allies, were not at all pleased to learn that the Iron Confederation escaped just before they arrived. And then the Americans ordered many of their soldiers to head to the north of the settlement to attempt to stop the group of Iron Confederation men, women and children from reaching an heavily wooded canyon, which would offer them protection, and the opportunity to reach the nearby plains to escape.
Those American plans did not work out as planned, and once the Iron Confederations warriors had successfully reached the heavily wooded canyon, a long five hour battle followed. It was an Iron Confederation victory, but that group of defiant Anishinabek, Assiniboine, Cree and Delaware later surrendered to the Americans, which brought all of southern Montana and most of eastern Montana, under American control. Now all the evil Americans had to do, was send more of their soldiers up to where the present day Chippewa and Cree Rocky Boy Reservation is located. At that time, the Americans had many of their soldiers stationed at Fort Benton, which was located on the Anishinabek Pembina Empire’s border with the Blackfoot Kingdoms territory. The Blackfoot allowed the Americans to construct a fort there and station their soldiers there as well, in 1847, as they also did at Fort Shaw, which is located on the Sun river. However, the Niitsitapi (the Blackfoot) would later regret doing so. Although the battle was long and intense, the protection the region where the battle of Canyon Creek was located, offered, prevented heavy casualties from occurring. American casualties were 14 with 3 killed. Indian casualties were 4 with 1 killed.
