Tongue River (Montana) 408332 179242014 2007-12-20T19:55:19Z 81.65.48.185 fr [[Image:Mt-rivers.gif|300px|right|thumb|Map of Montana rivers with the Tongue in the south central.]] The '''Tongue River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Yellowstone River|Yellowstone]], approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the [[U.S. state]]s of [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]]. It rises along the northern slope of the [[Bighorn Mountains]] in north central Wyoming and flows northeast, past the town of [[Sheridan, Wyoming|Sheridan]], and then into Montana, forming the eastern boundary of the [[Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation]]. It joins the Yellowstone near the town of [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]]. At the [[Battle of the Tongue River]], [[Brigadier General]] [[Patrick Edward Connor]] routed an Indian force along the river on [[August 29]], [[1865]]. Then on [[August 4]], [[1873]], the river was again the site of an engagement between the [[U.S. Cavalry]] under [[George Armstrong Custer]] and the [[Sioux]], prior to the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]]. ==See also== *[[List of Wyoming rivers]] *[[List of Montana rivers]] [[Category:Rivers of Montana]] [[Category:Rivers of Wyoming]] {{Montana-geo-stub}} [[fr:Tongue (rivière)]]