Battle of Beecher Island
...that during the Battle of Beecher Island in 1868, 51 U.S. soldiers held out against some 700 Arapaho Indians and their allies for 9 days, surviving on nothing but muddy water and meat from their own fallen horses?
...that during the <b id="mwCJk"><a href="./Battle_of_Beecher_Island" id="mwCJo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Beecher Island">Battle of Beecher Island</a></b> in 1868, 51 <a href="./United_States" id="mwCJs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States">U.S.</a> soldiers held out against some 700 <a href="./Arapaho" id="mwCJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arapaho">Arapaho</a> Indians and their allies for 9 days, surviving on nothing but muddy water and meat from their own fallen horses?