Significant1864 – 1868 · 4 years

Snake War

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Oregon · Idaho · Nevada · California

Estimated casualties

1.7K – 1.8Kestimated dead

About 1,762 total casualties recorded across both sides, making it among the deadliest western Indian wars by count despite being little remembered.

SOURCEWikipedia: Snake War

An irregular war (1864-1868) between the United States and the Northern Paiute, Bannock and Western Shoshone ('Snake' Indians) across the high desert of Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California; it was one of the deadliest yet least-remembered conflicts of the Indian Wars.

Belligerents2

United States
Northern Paiute, Bannock and Western Shoshone

ON THE MAPUnited States (1860)

Conflict graph

PART OFAmerican Indian Wars - Long-term

Sources

Wikipedia: Snake War
Michno, The Deadliest Indian War in the West
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Snake War (1864 – 1868). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/snake-war · Sources & methodology