▁over run ▁and ▁killed ▁as ▁C uster ▁was ▁later ▁at ▁the ▁Little ▁B igh orn . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁Indians ▁engaged ▁against ▁Car son ▁in ▁this ▁battle ▁has ▁been ▁estimated ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁that ▁is ▁likely ▁an ▁ex agger ation . ▁The ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁war riors ▁possessed ▁by ▁the ▁Com anche , ▁Ki owa ▁and ▁Ki owa ▁Apache ▁probably ▁did ▁not ▁total ▁anywhere ▁near ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 . ▁As ▁the ▁Ki owa ▁village ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 1 7 6 ▁lod ges ▁and ▁the ▁Com anche ▁village ▁of ▁about ▁ 5 0 0 ▁lod ges , ▁it ▁is ▁unlikely ▁that ▁the ▁total ▁Indian ▁force ▁number ed ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁fighting ▁men ▁per ▁l odge ▁or ▁ 1 , 3 0 0 . ▁As ▁it ▁was , ▁Car son ▁left ▁six ▁dead ▁and ▁ 2 5 ▁wounded , ▁including ▁one ▁Indian ▁sc out ▁killed ▁and ▁four ▁wounded , ▁while ▁he ▁estimated ▁that ▁the ▁Com anche ▁and ▁Ki owa ▁suffered ▁approximately ▁ 5 0 - 6 0 ▁death s ▁and ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 1 0 0 ▁wounded . ▁The ▁official ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁report ▁on ▁the ▁battle , ▁however , ▁estimated ▁an ▁Indian ▁loss ▁of ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 6 0 ▁killed ▁and ▁wounded . ▁Given ▁the ▁long - distance ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁fighting ▁the ▁estimate ▁of ▁Indian ▁cas ual ties ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁a ▁guess . ▁ ▁Only ▁one ▁Com anche ▁scal p ▁was ▁reported ▁taken ▁by ▁Car son '