Battle of Adobe Walls (1874)

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The Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) was a key engagement on the Southern Plains in which a small group of buffalo hunters repelled a large coalition of Native American warriors, helping to precipitate the Red River War and the end of large-scale Native resistance in the Texas Panhandle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
cause Native resistance to buffalo hunting on the Southern Plains ⓘ
encroachment of buffalo hunters into Native hunting grounds ⓘ
commander Isa-tai (Isatai’i) ⓘ
Quanah Parker ⓘ
conflictIn American Indian Wars ⓘ
consequence accelerated end of large-scale Native resistance in the Texas Panhandle ⓘ
helped precipitate the Red River War ⓘ
increased U.S. Army operations against Southern Plains tribes ⓘ
countryAtTime United States of America ⓘ
date June 27, 1874 ⓘ
foughtOver control of buffalo hunting grounds ⓘ
hasAftermath subsequent U.S. military campaigns into Indian Territory ⓘ
hasApproximateStrength about 28 buffalo hunters and traders ⓘ
several hundred to over 700 Native American warriors ⓘ
hasCombatant Anglo-American buffalo hunters ⓘ
Arapaho ⓘ
Cheyenne ⓘ
Comanche ⓘ
Kiowa ⓘ
linked to: Kiowa people

Plains Indian coalition ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians

United States buffalo hunters ⓘ
traders at Adobe Walls ⓘ
hasNumberInName 1874 ⓘ
hasPartOfName Adobe Walls ⓘ
hasTheater Southern Plains theater of the American Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Comanche Wars
historicalPeriod post–Civil War American West ⓘ
locatedIn Hutchinson County, Texas ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Texas Panhandle ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southern Plains ⓘ
notableEvent long-range rifle shot by Billy Dixon ⓘ
notableParticipant Bat Masterson ⓘ
Billy Dixon ⓘ
partOf Red River War ⓘ
precededBy First Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
relatedTo Red River War ⓘ
Southern Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Red River War
result buffalo hunters’ defensive victory ⓘ
siteType buffalo hunters’ trading post ⓘ
usedWeapon Sharps rifle ⓘ
bows and arrows ⓘ
firearms ⓘ
lances ⓘ
year 1874 ⓘ

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Bat Masterson → participantIn → Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) ⓘ
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
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Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → precededBy → First Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
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Red River War → notableBattle → Battle of Adobe Walls (second) ⓘ
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Red River War → precededBy → Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
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Comanche Wars → notableEvent → Battle of Adobe Walls (1864) ⓘ
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Isa-tai → militaryConflict → Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
subject linked to: Isa-tai (Isatai’i)
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Adobe Walls → knownFor → First Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
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Adobe Walls → knownFor → Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
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Adobe Walls → significantEvent → Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
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Billy Dixon → notableEvent → Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Adobe Walls (1874)
Hutchinson County, Texas → historicalEventSite → Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) ⓘ