 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana December 19, 1868 boka guru revaComanche nevaKiowa rakatarisana nekambani ye10th Cavalry Maj. Meredith H. Kidd iri munzira kubva kuFort Arbuckle kuenda kuFort Cobb. Musi waDecember 25, makambani matanhatu e3rd Cavalry nekambani imwe ye37 Infantry, aine maofficial gumi nemaviri nemasoja mazana mana nemakumi mana nematanhatu Canadian River Expedition, inotungamirwa naMaj. Andrew W. Evans, aine bhatiri remagomo howitzers, munzira kubva kuFort Bascom kuyambuka Texas Panhandle kuenda kuAntelope Hills, uyezve kutendeukira kumaodzanyemba akananga kuWichita Mountains, musi waDecember 12 akauya pamusha weNokoni anenge 60 tipis weHorseback neTahka, uko mukuru weYamparika Howea aive semushanyi; Horseback, mukuru wevagari, anga asiri mumusasa, uye ropa raTahka richiri kuvirisa mushure mekuurayiwa kweWashitayakaitwa naLt. col. George A. Custer neuto rake rechi7 revatasvi vemabhiza mwedzi isingasviki mumwe pamberi pezvi. Achiona masoja achisvika, uye achinyombwa nevaKiowa vaiva shamwari dzake, Tahka, mukuru wehondo, akatungamirira varwi vechiComanche pakurwisa. Akaurayiwa uye musha nemidziyo zvakaparadzwa. Varwi veKiowa vaitungamirirwa naManyi-ten vakauya kuzotora chikamu muhondo; Nokonis yaBig Red Meat naKotsotekas yaMow-way vakamhanya kunorwa; musoja mumwe chete ndiye akaurayiwa. Mukati maDecember 1868, vapera simba pashure pokushaikwa kwezvokudya uye mamiriro okunze anotonhora, Nokoni akaenda kuFort Cobb uye ikoko akazvipa. 