battle, nineteenth century

Battle of the Belly River

Name: Battle of the Belly River
Start: 1870-10-25
Location: Canada

Battle of the Belly River was a battle fought on 25 October 1870 in what is now Canada. The recorded result: Decisive Blackfoot victory. Recorded strength: 500–800 warriors against 500–800 warriors.

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Fought25 October 1870

WhereCanada49.694N, 112.861W

OutcomeDecisive Blackfoot victory

BelligerentsBlackfoot ConfederacyagainstCree

Casualties and losses40 killed; 50 woundedand200–400 killed

Record

Date	25 October 1870
Place	Canada 49.694N, 112.861W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	500–800 warriors	500–800 warriors
Casualties and losses	40 killed; 50 wounded	200–400 killed
Commanders	Big Leg Black Eagle (chief) Heavy Shield Crow Eagle Bull Back Fat Button Chief	Big Bear Little Pine (chief) Little Mountain (chief) Piapot

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Marias Massacre 1870, 169 km SE
Battle of Bear Paw 1877, 304 km SE
Battle of Spokane Plains 1858, 406 km SW
Battle of Four Lakes 1858, 423 km SW
Battle of Pine Creek 1858, 431 km SW

Elsewhere in 1870

Battle of the Belly River is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Canada.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872849, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Belly River, revision 1370598235, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.