Battle of the Hundred in the Hand

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The Battle of the Hundred in the Hand was a major 1866 clash during Red Cloud’s War in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment near Fort Phil Kearny in present-day Wyoming.

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Battle of the Hundred in the Hand canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of Red Cloud's War ⓘ
associatedWith Fort Phil Kearny National Historic Landmark ⓘ
linked to: Fort Phil Kearny
belligerent Arapaho ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
cause Native resistance to U.S. forts and travel through hunting grounds ⓘ
U.S. Army efforts to protect the Bozeman Trail ⓘ
combatantSide Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors on the other side ⓘ
United States Army on one side ⓘ
conflict Red Cloud's War ⓘ
conflictScope regional conflict over control of the Powder River country ⓘ
conflictType Native American–United States military engagement ⓘ
countryAtTime United States ⓘ
date 1866 ⓘ
describedAs major clash of Red Cloud's War ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Indian Wars ⓘ
historicalRegion American West ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup Arapaho ⓘ
Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
location near Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ
present-day Wyoming ⓘ
nativeForcesType mounted warriors ⓘ
near Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ
opponent U.S. Army detachment ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army units
opposingForceType U.S. cavalry and infantry detachment ⓘ
partOf American Indian Wars ⓘ
Red Cloud's War ⓘ
result Native American victory ⓘ
annihilation of a U.S. Army detachment ⓘ
significance one of the notable defeats of U.S. forces in Red Cloud's War ⓘ
theater Powder River Country ⓘ
year 1866 ⓘ

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Fetterman Fight → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Hundred in the Hand ⓘ