Sandbar Fight
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Sandbar Fight was a notorious 1827 Mississippi River brawl that became legendary for James Bowie's brutal knife fighting and helped cement his reputation as a frontier folk hero.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brawl
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duel ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| hasAftermath | inquests and legal proceedings that did not result in major convictions ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Sandbar Duel ⓘ |
| hasCause | duel between Samuel Levi Wells III and Dr. Thomas Maddox ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCulturalImpact |
became a key episode in the legend of the Bowie knife
ⓘ
contributed to mythologizing violence on the early American frontier ⓘ |
| hasDate | September 19, 1827 ⓘ |
| hasDepiction |
recounted in later biographies of James Bowie
ⓘ
subject of numerous 19th-century newspaper accounts ⓘ |
| hasGenre | frontier legend ⓘ |
| hasInvolvedActivity |
close-quarters knife fighting
ⓘ
pistol duel ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Mississippi River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Natchez, Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasNotability |
famous for James Bowie's knife fighting
ⓘ
helped establish James Bowie as a frontier folk hero ⓘ influential in popularizing the Bowie knife ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
death of General Samuel Cuny
ⓘ
death of Major Norris Wright ⓘ severe wounding of James Bowie ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Alfred Blanchard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Thomas Maddox NERFINISHED ⓘ General Samuel Cuny NERFINISHED ⓘ James Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ Major Norris Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Levi Wells III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelatedPerson | Rezin Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelatedTopic |
Bowie knife
ⓘ
James Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ dueling in the United States ⓘ frontier violence in early 19th-century America ⓘ |
| hasResult |
increased public notoriety of James Bowie in the American Southwest
ⓘ
widespread newspaper coverage in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSequence | began as a formal duel and escalated into a general melee ⓘ |
| hasSetting | sandbar in the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | Antebellum period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWeapon |
Bowie knife
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canes ⓘ pistols ⓘ swords ⓘ |
| precededBy | longstanding personal feud between James Bowie and Norris Wright ⓘ |
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