Battle of Summit Springs
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The Battle of Summit Springs was an 1869 U.S. Army attack on a Cheyenne village in Colorado Territory that marked a significant engagement in the Indian Wars and involved Pawnee Scouts fighting alongside U.S. forces.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Red Fork | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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engagement of the American Indian Wars ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Summit Springs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Plains Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Arapaho (elements)
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Cheyenne Dog Soldiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota (elements) ⓘ Northern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawnee Scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| campaign | U.S. Army operations against Cheyenne Dog Soldiers ⓘ |
| captivesTakenBy | U.S. Army and Pawnee Scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| civilianCasualties | Cheyenne women and children killed and captured ⓘ |
| combatant |
Cheyenne Dog Soldiers
NERFINISHED
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Pawnee Scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Eugene A. Carr
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Major Frank North NERFINISHED ⓘ Tall Bull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1869-07-11 ⓘ |
| followedBy | further U.S. military pressure on Plains tribes ⓘ |
| historicalEra | post–American Civil War period ⓘ |
| involvedEthnicGroup |
Cheyenne
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Euro-American settlers (indirectly) ⓘ Pawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killed |
Tall Bull
NERFINISHED
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many Cheyenne Dog Soldiers ⓘ |
| location |
Colorado Territory
NERFINISHED
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near present-day Sterling, Colorado ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier raids and skirmishes between Cheyenne Dog Soldiers and U.S. forces ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Sand Creek Massacre
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Washita River attack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | United States victory ⓘ |
| significance |
helped break organized Dog Soldier resistance on the central Plains
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major defeat of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers ⓘ |
| target | Cheyenne village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrain | high plains of northeastern Colorado ⓘ |
| territorialContext | Colorado Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfAction | surprise attack on a Native American village ⓘ |
| unit |
5th U.S. Cavalry
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Pawnee Battalion of Scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1869 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Battle of Red Fork