Northern Cheyenne Exodus

Northern Cheyenne Exodus
	Part of the American Indian Wars
	; Little Wolf and Dull Knife, Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne
Date	September, 1878 – April, 1879
Location	Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Montana, United States
Result	Northern Cheyenne Reservation created
Belligerents
Northern Cheyenne	United States
Commanders and leaders
Dull Knife; Little Wolf ; Wild Hog; Left Hand (killed in action); Little Finger Nail (killed in action)	William H. Lewis (mortally wounded); John B. Johnson; Henry W. Wessells; George F. Chase; William P. Clark
Strength
297 people	~1,000 soldiers and civilians
Casualties and losses
~50 killed, ~30 wounded, ~70 captured	~30 killed, ~20 wounded
	Losses include civilian casualties.; Northern Cheyenne population declined by 619 to 675 overall in the exodus due to poor reservation conditions.;

The Northern Cheyenne Exodus, also known as Dull Knife's Raid, the Cheyenne War, or the Cheyenne Campaign, was the attempt of the Northern Cheyenne to return to the north, after being placed on the Southern Cheyenne reservation in the Indian Territory, and the United States Army operations to stop them. The period lasted from 1878 to 1879.

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