Mackenzie’s Raid
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Mackenzie’s Raid, also known as the Dull Knife Fight, was an 1876 U.S. Army cavalry attack led by Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie against a Northern Cheyenne village during the Great Sioux War.
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| Mackenzie’s Raid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10709532 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Mackenzie’s Raid Context triple: [Dull Knife Fight, alsoKnownAs, Mackenzie’s Raid]
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Penobscot Expedition
The Penobscot Expedition was a disastrous 1779 American naval and land operation during the Revolutionary War, in which an attempted assault on a British fort in present-day Maine ended in a major defeat and the near-total loss of the American fleet.
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B.
Raid on Ogdensburg
The Raid on Ogdensburg was a British-Canadian cross-border attack on the American town of Ogdensburg, New York, during the War of 1812, aimed at disrupting U.S. operations along the St. Lawrence River.
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Pigeon Hill raid
The Pigeon Hill raid was a minor 1866 incursion by Irish-American Fenian militants from the United States into Canada East (Quebec), intended to pressure Britain over Irish independence as part of the broader Fenian Raids.
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Andrews Raid
Andrews Raid was a daring Union Civil War mission in 1862 in which volunteers attempted to steal a Confederate train and disrupt vital rail lines in Georgia.
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E.
Sullivan Expedition
The Sullivan Expedition was a 1779 Continental Army campaign during the American Revolutionary War aimed at destroying Iroquois settlements allied with the British in New York and Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mackenzie’s Raid Target entity description: Mackenzie’s Raid, also known as the Dull Knife Fight, was an 1876 U.S. Army cavalry attack led by Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie against a Northern Cheyenne village during the Great Sioux War.
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A.
Penobscot Expedition
The Penobscot Expedition was a disastrous 1779 American naval and land operation during the Revolutionary War, in which an attempted assault on a British fort in present-day Maine ended in a major defeat and the near-total loss of the American fleet.
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B.
Raid on Ogdensburg
The Raid on Ogdensburg was a British-Canadian cross-border attack on the American town of Ogdensburg, New York, during the War of 1812, aimed at disrupting U.S. operations along the St. Lawrence River.
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C.
Pigeon Hill raid
The Pigeon Hill raid was a minor 1866 incursion by Irish-American Fenian militants from the United States into Canada East (Quebec), intended to pressure Britain over Irish independence as part of the broader Fenian Raids.
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D.
Andrews Raid
Andrews Raid was a daring Union Civil War mission in 1862 in which volunteers attempted to steal a Confederate train and disrupt vital rail lines in Georgia.
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E.
Sullivan Expedition
The Sullivan Expedition was a 1779 Continental Army campaign during the American Revolutionary War aimed at destroying Iroquois settlements allied with the British in New York and Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Great Sioux War of 1876
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cavalry raid ⓘ military engagement ⓘ |
| action |
burning of Cheyenne lodges
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capture of horses and supplies ⓘ surprise dawn attack on a Cheyenne village ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Northern Cheyenne of Dull Knife’s band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Dull Knife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Northern Cheyenne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| commander | Ranald S. Mackenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderFor | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Great Sioux War of 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
Northern Cheyenne forced to flee on foot in winter conditions
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severe hardship for Dull Knife’s band ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| date | November 25, 1876 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupTargeted | Northern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Battle of the Red Fork of the Powder River
NERFINISHED
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Dull Knife Fight NERFINISHED ⓘ Mackenzie’s November 1876 raid ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Battles involving the Cheyenne
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Battles of the Great Sioux War of 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ Conflicts in 1876 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
4th U.S. Cavalry
NERFINISHED
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infantry and Indian scouts attached to Mackenzie’s command ⓘ |
| ledBy | Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ledByRank | Colonel ⓘ |
| location |
Wyoming Territory
NERFINISHED
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near the Red Fork of the Powder River ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | U.S. Cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ranald S. Mackenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
devastating impact on Northern Cheyenne noncombatants
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use of surprise and mobility by U.S. cavalry ⓘ |
| opponent | Northern Cheyenne village ⓘ |
| opposingCommander | Dull Knife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposingCommanderFor | Northern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | destruction of a Northern Cheyenne winter village ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Sioux War of 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier U.S. defeats in the Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ |
| region | Powder River Country NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCampaign | U.S. winter campaigns of 1876–1877 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | United States victory ⓘ |
| target | Northern Cheyenne winter encampment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Northern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | frontier warfare ⓘ |
| year | 1876 ⓘ |
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