Red River War

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The Red River War was an 1874–1875 U.S. Army campaign on the Southern Plains that aimed to forcibly remove remaining Native American tribes to reservations, effectively ending large-scale Indigenous resistance in the region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Red River War canonical 20
Red River Indian War 2
Red River War era 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buffalo War ⓘ
Red River Indian War ⓘ
linked to: Red River War
belligerent Arapaho ⓘ
Comanche ⓘ
Kiowa ⓘ
linked to: Kiowa people

Kwahadi Comanche ⓘ
linked to: Comanche

Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
cause buffalo hunters and settlers encroaching on tribal lands ⓘ
continued Native American resistance to reservation confinement ⓘ
commandedBy Christopher C. Augur ⓘ
Nelson A. Miles ⓘ
Ranald S. Mackenzie ⓘ
William B. Hazen ⓘ
conflictType Indian Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved United States ⓘ
effect accelerated destruction of the Southern Plains bison herds ⓘ
consolidation of Native Americans onto reservations in Indian Territory ⓘ
endDate 1875 ⓘ
goal end of large-scale Indigenous resistance on the Southern Plains ⓘ
forcible removal of Native American tribes to reservations ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–Civil War era ⓘ
historicalRegion American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
location Southern Plains ⓘ
Texas Panhandle ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
western Indian Territory ⓘ
militaryStrategy search-and-destroy operations against Native encampments ⓘ
winter campaigning to destroy food supplies and horses ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Adobe Walls (second) ⓘ
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon ⓘ
opposingCommander Lone Wolf ⓘ
linked to: Lone Wolf the Elder

Mow-way ⓘ
Quanah Parker ⓘ
partOf American Indian Wars ⓘ
Red River Indian War ⓘ
linked to: Red River War
precededBy Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
primaryOpponents United States Army vs. Southern Plains tribes ⓘ
relatedTo American expansion into the Great Plains ⓘ
Indian reservation system in the United States ⓘ
result collapse of organized Native American military resistance in the Southern Plains ⓘ
decisive United States victory ⓘ
end of free-roaming buffalo-hunting lifestyle for many Plains tribes ⓘ
forcible relocation of Southern Plains tribes to reservations ⓘ
significance marked the end of major armed Native resistance in the Southern Plains ⓘ
startDate 1874 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Kiowa people → conflict → Red River War ⓘ
Southern Plains → historicalEvent → Red River War ⓘ
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → partOf → Red River War ⓘ
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → relatedTo → Southern Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Red River War
Quanah Parker → participatedIn → Red River War ⓘ
Washita Massacre → relatedTo → Red River War ⓘ
Red River War → partOf → Red River Indian War ⓘ
linked to: Red River War
Red River War → alsoKnownAs → Red River Indian War ⓘ
linked to: Red River War
Satanta → participatedIn → Red River War ⓘ
Guipago → participatedIn → Red River War ⓘ
Comanche Wars → notableEvent → Red River War ⓘ
Fort Reno → usedDuringConflict → Red River War ⓘ
Comancheria → associatedEvent → Red River War ⓘ
Isa-tai → historicalEra → Red River War era ⓘ
subject linked to: Isa-tai (Isatai’i)
linked to: Red River War
Plains Indian Wars → hasPart → Red River War ⓘ
Plains Indian Wars → significantEvent → Red River War ⓘ
Ranald S. Mackenzie → conflict → Red River War ⓘ
Ranald S. Mackenzie → conflict → Red River War ⓘ
subject linked to: Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie
Rain-in-the-Face → militaryConflict → Red River War ⓘ
Black Kettle → conflict → Red River War ⓘ