Crazy Woman Battle Monument

The officer this stone names was Lieutenant Napoleon H. Daniels of the 18th Infantry. On July 20, 1866, he and Lieutenant George Templeton rode about a mile ahead of a small train bound for Fort Phil Kearny, and Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defending their country caught them in the open. Daniels was killed by an arrow; Templeton reached the wagons. A second soldier, Lance Corporal Terrence Callary, died at the corral, and he may be the stone's Sergeant Terrel. Daniels was buried with military honors two days later.

What the plaque says

To the glory of God and in memory of Lieut. N.P. Daniels, U.S.A. Sergt. Terrel, U.S.A. killed on this spot July 20th 1866, by Sioux Indians

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Occidental Hotel — 20 mi
  Buffalo's 1880 grand hotel, its 1908 saloon ceiling still pocked with bullet holes, won once in a poker game and nearly torn down in the 1990s.

More markers nearby

• Bozeman Trail — steps away
• TA Ranch — 10 mi
• Tisdale Divide — 14 mi
• Buffalo and the Bighorn Mountains — 18 mi