Battle of Kekionga
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The Battle of Kekionga was a 1790 clash between U.S. forces and a Native American confederacy near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in which Native warriors decisively repelled an early American military expedition into the Northwest Territory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Kekionga canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3190770 — 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: Battle of Kekionga Context triple: [Harmar's Campaign, 1790, notableBattle, Battle of Kekionga]
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Battle of Mukden
The Battle of Mukden was a decisive 1905 land engagement in Manchuria where Japanese forces inflicted a major defeat on the Russian army, helping to turn the tide of the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Battle of Pyongyang
The Battle of Pyongyang was a major 1894 land engagement in Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War, where Japanese forces decisively defeated Qing Chinese troops, helping to secure Japanese control over the Korean Peninsula.
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C.
Battle of Nibeiwa
The Battle of Nibeiwa was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in Egypt, where British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful surprise attack against Italian camps, helping to initiate the collapse of Italian positions in North Africa.
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D.
Battle of Huachi
The Battle of Huachi was a significant early 19th-century military engagement in present-day Ecuador during the struggle against Spanish colonial rule, remembered for a major royalist victory that temporarily stalled the independence movement.
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E.
Battle of Seonghwan
The Battle of Seonghwan was an early land engagement in 1894 during the First Sino-Japanese War in which Japanese forces defeated Chinese troops near Asan in Korea, helping secure Japanese control over the Korean Peninsula.
- 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: Battle of Kekionga Target entity description: The Battle of Kekionga was a 1790 clash between U.S. forces and a Native American confederacy near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in which Native warriors decisively repelled an early American military expedition into the Northwest Territory.
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A.
Battle of Mukden
The Battle of Mukden was a decisive 1905 land engagement in Manchuria where Japanese forces inflicted a major defeat on the Russian army, helping to turn the tide of the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Battle of Pyongyang
The Battle of Pyongyang was a major 1894 land engagement in Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War, where Japanese forces decisively defeated Qing Chinese troops, helping to secure Japanese control over the Korean Peninsula.
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C.
Battle of Nibeiwa
The Battle of Nibeiwa was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in Egypt, where British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful surprise attack against Italian camps, helping to initiate the collapse of Italian positions in North Africa.
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D.
Battle of Huachi
The Battle of Huachi was a significant early 19th-century military engagement in present-day Ecuador during the struggle against Spanish colonial rule, remembered for a major royalist victory that temporarily stalled the independence movement.
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E.
Battle of Seonghwan
The Battle of Seonghwan was an early land engagement in 1894 during the First Sino-Japanese War in which Japanese forces defeated Chinese troops near Asan in Korea, helping secure Japanese control over the Korean Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Harmar's Defeat
ⓘ
linked to:
Harmar's Campaign, 1790
|
| belligerent |
Native American confederacy
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Western Confederacy ⓘ |
| cause |
Native American resistance to U.S. settlement and land claims
ⓘ
U.S. attempts to enforce treaties and land cessions in the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| combatant |
Delaware (Lenape)
ⓘ
Miami ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| commander |
Blue Jacket
ⓘ
Josiah Harmar ⓘ Little Turtle ⓘ |
| conflict | Northwest Indian War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 1790-10-22 ⓘ |
| era | post–American Revolutionary period ⓘ |
| followedBy |
St. Clair's Defeat
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Wabash
|
| geographicalFeature | confluence of the St. Joseph, St. Marys, and Maumee rivers ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ |
| location |
Kekionga
ⓘ
near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInvolved |
U.S. militia forces
ⓘ
United States regular troops ⓘ |
| nativeAlliance | multi-tribal Native American confederacy ⓘ |
| objective |
to assert U.S. control over the Northwest Territory
ⓘ
to destroy the Miami town of Kekionga ⓘ |
| outcome |
decisive defeat of U.S. forces
ⓘ
strengthening of Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northwest Indian War
ⓘ
United States expansion into the Old Northwest ⓘ
linked to:
United States territorial expansion
early Indian Wars of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Treaty of Greenville
ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ |
| relatedPlace | Fort Wayne, Indiana ⓘ |
| result | Native American victory ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to later reorganization of the U.S. Army
ⓘ
early major setback for the United States Army ⓘ heightened tensions between the United States and Native nations of the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| territorialContext | Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| theater | Old Northwest ⓘ |
| year | 1790 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Kekionga Description of subject: The Battle of Kekionga was a 1790 clash between U.S. forces and a Native American confederacy near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in which Native warriors decisively repelled an early American military expedition into the Northwest Territory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle)