Hayfield Fight
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The Hayfield Fight was an 1867 engagement during Red Cloud's War in which a small group of U.S. soldiers and civilians successfully defended a hay-cutting camp against a much larger force of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors near Fort C.F. Smith in Montana Territory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hayfield Fight canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2242991 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hayfield Fight Context triple: [Red Cloud's War, notableEvent, Hayfield Fight]
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A.
Falls Fight
Falls Fight is an alternative name for the Turner's Falls massacre, a 1676 attack during King Philip's War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native Americans near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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B.
The Fight
The Fight is Norman Mailer’s acclaimed nonfiction book that chronicles the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
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C.
Lathrop's Fight
Lathrop's Fight is a 1675 ambush during King Philip's War in which a large force of colonial militia was decimated by Native American warriors near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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D.
Battle of the Clouds
The Battle of the Clouds was an inconclusive 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in Pennsylvania between General George Washington’s Continental Army and British forces under General William Howe, aborted by a severe rainstorm that rendered both sides’ gunpowder unusable.
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E.
Showdown
Showdown is a climactic segment or episode within "The E.N.D." that serves as a decisive confrontation or resolution point in the work’s narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hayfield Fight Target entity description: The Hayfield Fight was an 1867 engagement during Red Cloud's War in which a small group of U.S. soldiers and civilians successfully defended a hay-cutting camp against a much larger force of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors near Fort C.F. Smith in Montana Territory.
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A.
Falls Fight
Falls Fight is an alternative name for the Turner's Falls massacre, a 1676 attack during King Philip's War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native Americans near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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B.
The Fight
The Fight is Norman Mailer’s acclaimed nonfiction book that chronicles the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
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C.
Lathrop's Fight
Lathrop's Fight is a 1675 ambush during King Philip's War in which a large force of colonial militia was decimated by Native American warriors near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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D.
Battle of the Clouds
The Battle of the Clouds was an inconclusive 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in Pennsylvania between General George Washington’s Continental Army and British forces under General William Howe, aborted by a severe rainstorm that rendered both sides’ gunpowder unusable.
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E.
Showdown
Showdown is a climactic segment or episode within "The E.N.D." that serves as a decisive confrontation or resolution point in the work’s narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bozeman Trail
ⓘ
Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Cheyenne
ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States civilians ⓘ |
| combatant |
Cheyenne warriors
ⓘ
Lakota warriors ⓘ U.S. soldiers ⓘ civilian hay cutters ⓘ |
| conflict | Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| conflictType | frontier conflict ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| date | 1867 ⓘ |
| defendedObject | hay-cutting camp ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Northern Plains
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
|
| location |
Montana Territory
ⓘ
near Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ |
| near | Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ |
| opponentType | Native American warriors ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| relativeStrength | U.S. force was heavily outnumbered ⓘ |
| result | United States victory ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | successful defense of camp ⓘ |
| territorialStatus | occurred in U.S. territorial period ⓘ |
| theater |
American Indian Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
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| typeOfSite | hay-cutting camp ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hayfield Fight Description of subject: The Hayfield Fight was an 1867 engagement during Red Cloud's War in which a small group of U.S. soldiers and civilians successfully defended a hay-cutting camp against a much larger force of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors near Fort C.F. Smith in Montana Territory.
Referenced by (5)
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