Hayfield Fight

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The Hayfield Fight was an 1867 engagement during Red Cloud's War in which a small group of U.S. soldiers and civilians successfully defended a hay-cutting camp against a much larger force of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors near Fort C.F. Smith in Montana Territory.

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Hayfield Fight canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement
associatedWith Bozeman Trail
Fort C. F. Smith
belligerent Cheyenne
Lakota
United States Army
United States civilians
combatant Cheyenne warriors
Lakota warriors
U.S. soldiers
civilian hay cutters
conflict Red Cloud's War
conflictType frontier conflict
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1867
defendedObject hay-cutting camp
era 19th century
historicalRegion Great Plains
surface form: Northern Plains
location Montana Territory
near Fort C. F. Smith
near Fort C. F. Smith
opponentType Native American warriors
partOf Red Cloud's War
relativeStrength U.S. force was heavily outnumbered
result United States victory
tacticalOutcome successful defense of camp
territorialStatus occurred in U.S. territorial period
theater United States–Native American wars
surface form: American Indian Wars
typeOfSite hay-cutting camp

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Red Cloud's War notableEvent Hayfield Fight
Wagon Box Fight relatedEvent Hayfield Fight
Fort Phil Kearny associatedWithEvent Hayfield Fight