Tongue River (Montana)
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[[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]]
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