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.

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

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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

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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