Battle of Adobe Walls (1874)

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The Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) was a key engagement on the Southern Plains in which a small group of buffalo hunters repelled a large coalition of Native American warriors, helping to precipitate the Red River War and the end of large-scale Native resistance in the Texas Panhandle.

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instanceOf armed conflict
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Adobe Walls (1874)
surface form: Second Battle of Adobe Walls
cause Native resistance to buffalo hunting on the Southern Plains
encroachment of buffalo hunters into Native hunting grounds
commander Isa-tai (Isatai’i)
Quanah Parker
conflictIn United States–Native American wars
surface form: American Indian Wars
consequence accelerated end of large-scale Native resistance in the Texas Panhandle
helped precipitate the Red River War
increased U.S. Army operations against Southern Plains tribes
countryAtTime United States of America
date June 27, 1874
foughtOver control of buffalo hunting grounds
hasAftermath subsequent U.S. military campaigns into Indian Territory
hasApproximateStrength about 28 buffalo hunters and traders
several hundred to over 700 Native American warriors
hasCombatant Anglo-American buffalo hunters
Arapaho
Cheyenne
Comanche
Kiowa people
surface form: Kiowa

Plains Indians
surface form: Plains Indian coalition

United States buffalo hunters
traders at Adobe Walls
hasNumberInName 1874
hasPartOfName Adobe Walls
hasTheater Comanche Wars
surface form: Southern Plains theater of the American Indian Wars
historicalPeriod post–Civil War American West
locatedIn Hutchinson County, Texas
Texas
Texas Panhandle
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInRegion Southern Plains
notableEvent long-range rifle shot by Billy Dixon
notableParticipant Bat Masterson
Billy Dixon
partOf Red River War
precededBy Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Battle of Adobe Walls
relatedTo Red River War
Red River War
surface form: Southern Plains Indian Wars
result buffalo hunters’ defensive victory
siteType buffalo hunters’ trading post
usedWeapon Sharps rifle
bows and arrows
firearms
lances
year 1874

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Bat Masterson participantIn Battle of Adobe Walls (1874)
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) alsoKnownAs Battle of Adobe Walls (1874)
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Adobe Walls
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) precededBy Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First Battle of Adobe Walls