United States Army Indian Scouts

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The United States Army Indian Scouts were Native American soldiers employed by the U.S. Army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for their tracking skills and crucial role in frontier and Indian Wars campaigns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army formation ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
allegiance United States ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
conflict American Indian Wars ⓘ
Apache Wars ⓘ
Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
duty acting as interpreters ⓘ
guiding U.S. Army columns ⓘ
locating enemy forces ⓘ
serving as couriers and messengers ⓘ
tracking trails and sign ⓘ
employer United States Army ⓘ
ethnicComposition Native Americans ⓘ
garrison frontier forts in the American West ⓘ
language English ⓘ
various Native American languages ⓘ
legalStatus enlisted soldiers of the United States Army ⓘ
notableFor knowledge of local terrain ⓘ
service in frontier campaigns ⓘ
tracking skills ⓘ
operationalArea American frontier ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
Southwest United States ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
peakActivity 1870s ⓘ
1880s ⓘ
recruitmentFrom Apache people ⓘ
Cheyenne people ⓘ
Crow people ⓘ
Native American tribes ⓘ
Navajo people ⓘ
Pawnee people ⓘ
Shoshone people ⓘ
Sioux people ⓘ
Ute people ⓘ
role reconnaissance ⓘ
scout ⓘ
tracking ⓘ
serviceBranch U.S. Army cavalry units ⓘ
U.S. Army infantry units ⓘ
typeOfUnit irregular auxiliary troops ⓘ
light reconnaissance ⓘ
uniform U.S. Army issue clothing with Native elements ⓘ
weapon U.S. Army firearms ⓘ
traditional Native American weapons ⓘ

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Geronimo Campaign → hasParticipant → United States Army Indian Scouts ⓘ
John Horse → associatedWith → United States Army (as scout and interpreter) ⓘ
linked to: United States Army Indian Scouts
Billy Dixon → militaryBranch → United States Army scouts ⓘ
linked to: United States Army Indian Scouts
Apache scouts in U.S. service → partOf → United States Army Indian Scouts ⓘ