Battle of the Saline River

Battle of the Saline River
	Part of the American Indian Wars
	Wounded and lifted on Horse, a painting by C. Taylor from the book Ups and Downs of an Army Office, George Augustus Armes' autobiography. The painting describes when the then Captain Armes was wounded in the hip and lifted up on a horse during the Battle of the Saline River, August 2, 1867. A map of the Smoky Hill River drainage basin in the central Great Plains of North America, State of Kansas, that includes the Saline River. These forks with the Republican River form the Upper Forks of the Kansas River over which several excursions and battles ranged, 1867-1869.
Date	August 2, 1867
Location	Ellis County, Kansas
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States	Cheyenne
Commanders and leaders
Cpt G. A. Armes; William Cody, scout	Tall Wolf (son of Medicine Arrows)
Units involved
Co F, 10th Cav	Dog Soldiers
Strength
34 cavalry	350–400 warriors or more
Casualties and losses
1 killed; several wounded; 6 cases of cholera	6 killed; Unknown wounded

The Battle of the Saline River in the beginning of August, 1867, was one of the first recorded combats of the Buffalo Soldiers of the U.S. 10th Cavalry. This battle occurred 25 miles northwest of Fort Hays in Kansas on August 2.^{[see discussion]}