During the Powder River Expedition in the summer of 1865, Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor led a column of troops from Fort Laramie into the Powder River Country of northern Wyoming with the

After the extensive surrenders in 1877 of the hostile Northern Cheyenne, in the Departments of Dakota and the Platte, a number were sent under guard to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, at Fort Reno,

He was not present at the Battle of Little Bighorn, but played a part before and after the battle. Some scouts from his camp apparently found some food left behind by Custer's attack force, and were