Battle of Summit Springs
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The Battle of Summit Springs was an 1869 U.S. Army attack on a Cheyenne village in Colorado Territory that marked a significant engagement in the Indian Wars and involved Pawnee Scouts fighting alongside U.S. forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Red Fork | 1 |
| Battle of Summit Springs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10317115 — 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 Summit Springs Context triple: [Pawnee Scouts in U.S. Army, notableEngagement, Battle of Summit Springs]
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Battle of Slim Buttes
The Battle of Slim Buttes was an 1876 engagement in the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked and destroyed a Miniconjou Lakota village in present-day South Dakota, marking the first significant U.S. victory after the defeat at Little Bighorn.
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Battle of Canyon Creek
The Battle of Canyon Creek was an 1877 engagement in Montana during the Nez Perce War, in which U.S. Army forces attempted unsuccessfully to stop the Nez Perce as they retreated toward Canada.
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Battle of Lone Jack
The Battle of Lone Jack was an American Civil War engagement in August 1862 in western Missouri, marked by intense close-quarters fighting between Union forces and Confederate guerrillas and militia.
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Battle of Rattlesnake Springs
The Battle of Rattlesnake Springs was an 1880 engagement in Texas during Victorio’s Apache War, where U.S. forces and scouts successfully blocked Apache access to water, contributing to the eventual defeat of Victorio’s band.
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Battle of Round Mountain
The Battle of Round Mountain was an early American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory, notable for involving Native American forces divided in their loyalties between the Union and the Confederacy.
- 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 Summit Springs Target entity description: The Battle of Summit Springs was an 1869 U.S. Army attack on a Cheyenne village in Colorado Territory that marked a significant engagement in the Indian Wars and involved Pawnee Scouts fighting alongside U.S. forces.
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A.
Battle of Slim Buttes
The Battle of Slim Buttes was an 1876 engagement in the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked and destroyed a Miniconjou Lakota village in present-day South Dakota, marking the first significant U.S. victory after the defeat at Little Bighorn.
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B.
Battle of Canyon Creek
The Battle of Canyon Creek was an 1877 engagement in Montana during the Nez Perce War, in which U.S. Army forces attempted unsuccessfully to stop the Nez Perce as they retreated toward Canada.
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C.
Battle of Lone Jack
The Battle of Lone Jack was an American Civil War engagement in August 1862 in western Missouri, marked by intense close-quarters fighting between Union forces and Confederate guerrillas and militia.
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D.
Battle of Rattlesnake Springs
The Battle of Rattlesnake Springs was an 1880 engagement in Texas during Victorio’s Apache War, where U.S. forces and scouts successfully blocked Apache access to water, contributing to the eventual defeat of Victorio’s band.
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E.
Battle of Round Mountain
The Battle of Round Mountain was an early American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory, notable for involving Native American forces divided in their loyalties between the Union and the Confederacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
engagement of the American Indian Wars ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Summit Springs ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Plains Indian Wars ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Arapaho (elements)
ⓘ
Cheyenne Dog Soldiers ⓘ
linked to:
Cheyenne military society
Lakota (elements) ⓘ Northern Cheyenne ⓘ Pawnee Scouts ⓘ
linked to:
Pawnee
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| campaign | U.S. Army operations against Cheyenne Dog Soldiers ⓘ |
| captivesTakenBy |
U.S. Army and Pawnee Scouts
ⓘ
linked to:
Pawnee Scouts in U.S. Army
|
| civilianCasualties | Cheyenne women and children killed and captured ⓘ |
| combatant |
Cheyenne Dog Soldiers
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheyenne military society
Pawnee Scouts ⓘ U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
| commander |
Eugene A. Carr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major Frank North ⓘ Tall Bull ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Indian Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 1869-07-11 ⓘ |
| followedBy | further U.S. military pressure on Plains tribes ⓘ |
| historicalEra | post–American Civil War period ⓘ |
| involvedEthnicGroup |
Cheyenne
ⓘ
Euro-American settlers (indirectly) ⓘ Pawnee ⓘ |
| killed |
Tall Bull
ⓘ
many Cheyenne Dog Soldiers ⓘ |
| location |
Colorado Territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Territory of Colorado
near present-day Sterling, Colorado ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indian Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
|
| precededBy | earlier raids and skirmishes between Cheyenne Dog Soldiers and U.S. forces ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Sand Creek Massacre
ⓘ
Washita River attack ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Washita
|
| result | United States victory ⓘ |
| significance |
helped break organized Dog Soldier resistance on the central Plains
ⓘ
major defeat of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers ⓘ |
| target | Cheyenne village ⓘ |
| terrain | high plains of northeastern Colorado ⓘ |
| territorialContext |
Colorado Territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Territory of Colorado
|
| typeOfAction | surprise attack on a Native American village ⓘ |
| unit |
5th U.S. Cavalry
ⓘ
Pawnee Battalion of Scouts ⓘ
linked to:
Pawnee Scouts in U.S. Army
|
| year | 1869 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Summit Springs Description of subject: The Battle of Summit Springs was an 1869 U.S. Army attack on a Cheyenne village in Colorado Territory that marked a significant engagement in the Indian Wars and involved Pawnee Scouts fighting alongside U.S. forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle of Summit Springs