Red Fork Battle

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battle engagement event in the Great Sioux War of 1876

The Red Fork Battle, also known as the Dull Knife Fight, was a 1876 U.S. Army attack on a Northern Cheyenne village during the Great Sioux War, resulting in the destruction of the camp and significant hardship for the Cheyenne people.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Red Fork	2
Red Fork Battle canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10709531 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Red Fork Battle
Context triple: [Dull Knife Fight, alsoKnownAs, Red Fork Battle]

A. Battle of Wyse Fork
The Battle of Wyse Fork was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1865 near Kinston, North Carolina, where Union forces repelled a Confederate attempt to block their advance toward Goldsboro during the closing weeks of the war.
B. Battle of Summit Springs
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.
C. Battle of Poison Spring
The Battle of Poison Spring was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Arkansas, notable for a Confederate victory and the massacre of Black Union soldiers by Confederate and allied Native American forces.
D. 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.
E. Battle of Cabin Creek
The Battle of Cabin Creek was an American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Union forces successfully defended a vital supply train against Confederate troops, helping secure Federal control in the region.
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: Red Fork Battle
Target entity description: The Red Fork Battle, also known as the Dull Knife Fight, was a 1876 U.S. Army attack on a Northern Cheyenne village during the Great Sioux War, resulting in the destruction of the camp and significant hardship for the Cheyenne people.

A. Battle of Wyse Fork
The Battle of Wyse Fork was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1865 near Kinston, North Carolina, where Union forces repelled a Confederate attempt to block their advance toward Goldsboro during the closing weeks of the war.
B. Battle of Summit Springs
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.
C. Battle of Poison Spring
The Battle of Poison Spring was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Arkansas, notable for a Confederate victory and the massacre of Black Union soldiers by Confederate and allied Native American forces.
D. 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.
E. Battle of Cabin Creek
The Battle of Cabin Creek was an American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Union forces successfully defended a vital supply train against Confederate troops, helping secure Federal control in the region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement ⓘ event in the Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mackenzie’s raid on Dull Knife’s village ⓘ
belligerent	Northern Cheyenne ⓘ Oglala Lakota allies of the Northern Cheyenne ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
category	1876 in the United States ⓘ Battles involving the Cheyenne ⓘ Battles of the Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ linked to: Great Sioux War of 1876
cause	U.S. policy to confine Plains tribes to reservations ⓘ U.S. response to Native resistance in the Great Sioux War ⓘ
combatantGroup	Northern Cheyenne under Dull Knife ⓘ United States Army under Ranald S. Mackenzie ⓘ linked to: United States Cavalry
commander	Dull Knife ⓘ Little Wolf ⓘ Ranald S. Mackenzie ⓘ
conflict	Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
consequence	displacement of Northern Cheyenne from their homeland ⓘ increased U.S. military pressure on remaining free Cheyenne and Lakota bands ⓘ
countryAtTime	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	November 25, 1876 ⓘ
followedBy	continued U.S. winter campaigns against Northern Plains tribes ⓘ
hasAlias	Battle of Red Fork ⓘ linked to: Red Fork Battle Dull Knife Fight ⓘ
historicalRegion	Powder River Country ⓘ
involvesEthnicGroup	Lakota Sioux allies ⓘ Northern Cheyenne people ⓘ linked to: Northern Cheyenne United States soldiers and Indian scouts ⓘ
location	Wyoming Territory ⓘ near Red Fork of the Powder River ⓘ
militaryUnitInvolved	4th U.S. Cavalry ⓘ linked to: 4th United States Cavalry Regiment infantry and Indian scouts under Mackenzie ⓘ
notableFor	contributing to the eventual surrender of many Northern Cheyenne ⓘ destruction of a major Northern Cheyenne village ⓘ
objective	to break Native American resistance during the Great Sioux War ⓘ
outcome	destruction of Northern Cheyenne village ⓘ forced flight of Cheyenne survivors in winter conditions ⓘ loss of winter supplies for the Northern Cheyenne ⓘ significant hardship for the Northern Cheyenne people ⓘ
partOf	Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
result	United States Army victory ⓘ
target	Northern Cheyenne winter camp ⓘ
timePeriod	American Indian Wars ⓘ linked to: United States–Native American wars
typeOfAction	surprise attack on village ⓘ
year	1876 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Dull Knife Fight → alsoKnownAs → Red Fork Battle ⓘ

Battle of Round Mountain → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Red Fork ⓘ

linked to: Red Fork Battle

Red Fork Battle → hasAlias → Battle of Red Fork ⓘ