Battle of Kelley Creek

Battle of Kelley Creek
Part of the American Indian Wars
The posse of J.P. Donnelley.
Date February 25, 1911 Location Humboldt County, Nevada 41°15′54″N 117°05′42″W / 41.2649003°N 117.0951145°W / 41.2649003; -117.0951145[1] Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Daggett's Shoshone band
Commanders and leaders
J. P. Donnelley	Mike Daggett
Casualties and losses
1 killed	8 killed, including 2 children 4* surviving children captured and arrested
3 of the captured children died within the three following years due to illness
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The Battle of Kelley Creek, also known as the Last Massacre, is often considered to be one of the last known massacres carried out between Native Americans and forces of the United States, and was a closing event to occur near the end of the American Indian warfare era.^[2] In January 1911 a small band of Shoshones^[3] were accused of rustling cattle and then killing four stockmen who went to investigate the dead cattle. A posse of policemen and citizens was sent to track the band, who were found encamped near Winnemucca, Nevada, in a region known as Kelley Creek. A largely one-sided battle ensued on February 25 that ended with the direct deaths of nine people, eight Daggetts and one posse member. At the time the affair was briefly characterized as a Native American revolt, though it is now mostly regarded as a family's attempted escape from law enforcement.^[4]