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Cheyenne's suffered only a lost opportunity to steal some horses. Most of the same combatants that fought at Prairie Dog Creek on both sides, would soon move north and see action at the
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Crook's Fight on Tongue River, June 9, 1876, as pictured by
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848:45°16′10″N
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