The soldiers and workers took cover in a brush barricade and held their position for several hours until a relief force arrived from the fort.

The attackers suffered significant casualties.

The Wagon Box Fight happened near Fort Phil Kearny the following day, where a wood-cutting detail had placed their wagon boxes in a defensive formation — removing the wheels and arranging the boxes as a fortification — when the attack came.

A force estimated at several hundred warriors attacked repeatedly through the day but could not overrun the improvised position.

Again, significant attacker casualties.