<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Indian Wars">American Indian Wars</a>: While protecting a railroad survey party in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Montana">Montana</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Cavalry_Regiment" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="7th Cavalry Regiment">United States 7th Cavalry</a>, under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lieutenant Colonel</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a> clashes for the first time with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakota_people" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lakota people">Lakota people</a> near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_River_(Montana)" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tongue River (Montana)">Tongue River</a>; only one man on each side is killed.