Red River War

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military campaign

The Red River War was an 1874–1875 U.S. Army campaign on the Southern Plains that aimed to forcibly remove remaining Native American tribes to reservations, effectively ending large-scale Indigenous resistance in the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Red River War canonical	9
Southern Plains Indian Wars	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Buffalo War NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Arapaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwahadi Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
cause	buffalo hunters and settlers encroaching on tribal lands ⓘ continued Native American resistance to reservation confinement ⓘ
commandedBy	Christopher C. Augur NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson A. Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranald S. Mackenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ William B. Hazen NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effect	accelerated destruction of the Southern Plains bison herds ⓘ consolidation of Native Americans onto reservations in Indian Territory ⓘ
endDate	1875 ⓘ
goal	end of large-scale Indigenous resistance on the Southern Plains ⓘ forcible removal of Native American tribes to reservations ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–Civil War era ⓘ
historicalRegion	American West NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Southern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Panhandle NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Oklahoma ⓘ western Indian Territory ⓘ
militaryStrategy	search-and-destroy operations against Native encampments ⓘ winter campaigning to destroy food supplies and horses ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Adobe Walls (second) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Palo Duro Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingCommander	Lone Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Mow-way NERFINISHED ⓘ Quanah Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Second Battle of Adobe Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponents	United States Army vs. Southern Plains tribes ⓘ
relatedTo	American expansion into the Great Plains ⓘ Indian reservation system in the United States ⓘ
result	collapse of organized Native American military resistance in the Southern Plains ⓘ decisive United States victory ⓘ end of free-roaming buffalo-hunting lifestyle for many Plains tribes ⓘ forcible relocation of Southern Plains tribes to reservations ⓘ
significance	marked the end of major armed Native resistance in the Southern Plains ⓘ
startDate	1874 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment → notableEngagement → Red River War ⓘ

Kiowa people → conflict → Red River War ⓘ

Southern Plains → historicalEvent → Red River War ⓘ

Ulysses S. Grant administration → significantEvent → Red River War ⓘ

Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → partOf → Red River War ⓘ

Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → relatedTo → Red River War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Plains Indian Wars

Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) → conflictRelatedTo → Red River War ⓘ

Quanah Parker → participatedIn → Red River War ⓘ

Washita Massacre → relatedTo → Red River War ⓘ