Washita Massacre

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The Washita Massacre was an 1868 U.S. Army attack led by George Armstrong Custer on a Southern Cheyenne village in present-day Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of many Native American men, women, and children and becoming a symbol of the violence of the Indian Wars.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Washita River 5
Washita Massacre canonical 5
Washita River Massacre 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the American Indian Wars ⓘ
event in United States history ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
aftermath debate over whether it was a battle or a massacre ⓘ
displacement of surviving Cheyenne ⓘ
increased tensions between Plains tribes and U.S. government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre

Battle of the Washita ⓘ
belligerent Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
cause U.S. efforts to force Native Americans onto reservations ⓘ
conflicts over land and resources on the Southern Plains ⓘ
commander Black Kettle ⓘ
George Armstrong Custer ⓘ
conflict American Indian Wars ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1868-11-27 ⓘ
describedAs symbol of the violence of the Indian Wars ⓘ
governedByLaw U.S. Indian policy of the 19th century ⓘ
hasPart attack on a Southern Cheyenne village ⓘ
hasPerpetrator 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
hasTopic Cheyenne history ⓘ
U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
history of Oklahoma ⓘ
military history of the United States ⓘ
hasVictim Southern Cheyenne civilians ⓘ
linked to: Southern Cheyenne

Southern Cheyenne warriors ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
historicalRegion Indian Territory ⓘ
ledBy George Armstrong Custer ⓘ
location near the Washita River ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
memorializedBy Washita Battlefield National Historic Site ⓘ
notableFor controversial tactics used by George Armstrong Custer ⓘ
killing of non-combatant Native Americans ⓘ
symbol of violence of U.S. Indian policy ⓘ
partOf Indian Wars ⓘ
U.S. military campaigns against the Southern Plains tribes ⓘ
precededBy Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
relatedTo Great Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars

Red River War ⓘ
result United States Army victory ⓘ
death of Black Kettle ⓘ
death of many Cheyenne men, women, and children ⓘ
destruction of Cheyenne village ⓘ
year 1868 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Cheyenne → historicalEvent → Washita Massacre ⓘ
Washita River → historicalEvent → Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
Cheyenne people → involvedInConflict → Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
Black Kettle → diedIn → Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
Black Kettle → event → Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
Southern Cheyenne → notableHistoricalEvent → Washita Massacre ⓘ
Washita Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
Tsitsistas → sufferedEvent → Washita River massacre ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
Plains Indian Wars → hasPart → Washita River Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
Medicine Woman Later → associatedWithEvent → Washita Massacre ⓘ
Medicine Woman Later → survived → Washita Massacre ⓘ